Folklore
Right words said by the forefathers folklore: proverbs and old sayings, traditions and superstitions, spells and incantations, traditional songs, riddles, carols.Folklore, Categories
A hungry man thinks he won't be satiated, a thirsty man thinks he won't be quenched.
Proverbs and old sayings Turkish
Never let a poor man advise you on investments.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
Woe to the mule that sees not her master.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish
Ricotta and honey, eat them often.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian
Friends are flowers in the garden of life.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
Don't be afraid of he who's loud and noisy, be afraid of he who's head is down.
Proverbs and old sayings Persian
Every village has certain drawbacks to it.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian
If you have, give; if you lack, seek.
Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian
It is the fate of the coconut husk to float, for the stone to sink.
Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan
Empty pots will never boil over.
Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican
The common soldier's blood makes the general great.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Quiet people are well able to look after themselves.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
If it is not one's shirt, one should not put it on.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian
My house is my castle.
Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian
The miser and the pig are of no use till dead.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Every garden may have some weeds.
Proverbs and old sayings English
It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
To resist with hand and tooth.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
To know the law and do the right are two things.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
He who comforts never has a headache.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish
What grows when it eats, but dies when it drinks?
Fire.
Riddles
If the pills were pleasant, they would not want gilding.
Proverbs and old sayings American
At night they come without being fetched,
And by day they are lost without being stolen.
Stars
Riddles
The ant shall never crawl on its knees.
Proverbs and old sayings
Shameful eats the bone.
Proverbs and old sayings Romanian
It has a crown, but is is not a king, it has roots, but is not a plant. (The tooth)
Riddles
A centipede is not crippled by the loss of one limb.
Proverbs and old sayings West African
As porridge benefits those who heat and eat it, so does a child benefit those that rear it.
Proverbs and old sayings about children
Wait for the night before saying that the day has been beautiful.
Proverbs and old sayings Bengali about night, day
A cheerful wife is a joy of life.
Proverbs and old sayings British about joy, wife, life
Even a pigeon has a pussy
Proverbs and old sayings Finnish
I'm not fragile like a flower;
I'm fragile like a bomb.
Proverbs and old sayings English
Lesson: Don't lose your pen
Proverbs and old sayings American about teaching, depression, marriage, food, children, work, money, death
What is the center of gravity?
The letter V.
Riddles
It's better to keep what little you have, than to risk it for something more.
Proverbs and old sayings American about risk
A journey of a thousand miles began with a single step.
Riddles
Poor iron won't make a sharp sword.
Proverbs and old sayings Afghan
When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
What is always before you, yet you can never see it?
Your future.
Riddles
It is better to forgive the quilty one than to punish the innocent.
Proverbs and old sayings Romanian
You will never be loved if you think only of you.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
All is fair in love and war
Proverbs and old sayings British about war, love, old, olderness
A handful of gold is a heart of iron.
Proverbs and old sayings American about heart
A journey of a thousand miles began with a single step.
Riddles
As lately we watched
As lately we watch'd o'er our fields thro' the night,
A star there was seen of such glorious light.
All thro' the night, angels did sing,
Carols so sweet of the birth of a King.
A King of such beauty was ne'er...
Proverbs and old sayings American about earth, night, fame, air, name, beauty, sky, light, mother
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
Proverbs and old sayings American
It's always darkest before the dawn.
Proverbs and old sayings American
The enemy of my enemy is my friend
Proverbs and old sayings American about enemies
Be yourself in every situation.
Proverbs and old sayings American
It's better to keep what little you have, than to risk it for something more.
Proverbs and old sayings American about risk
When one dog barks another will join it.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
What one knows it is sometimes useful to forget.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
Trouble rides a fast horse.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.
Proverbs and old sayings Chechen
The right man comes at the right time.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about rightness, time, man
The morning is wiser than the evening.
Proverbs and old sayings Czech
The Devil looks after his own
Proverbs and old sayings German about devil, old, olderness
The comforter's head never aches.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about heads
Some people are masters of money, and some its slaves.
Proverbs and old sayings Chechen about money, people
