Folklore
Right words said by the forefathers folklore: proverbs and old sayings, traditions and superstitions, spells and incantations, traditional songs, riddles, carols.Folklore, Categories
When eating a fruit, think of the person who planted the tree.
Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese
A rotten coconut in a heap spoils the wholesome ones.
Proverbs and old sayings
He who climbs a ladder comes down again.
Proverbs and old sayings
A clean pig makes lean bacon.
Proverbs and old sayings Serbian
Never tell your fae when your foot sleeps.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
He fells twa dogs wi' ae stane.
Proverbs and old sayings Scottish
Biting and scarting is Scots folks Wooing.
Proverbs and old sayings
The wise man boasts of his goods and wares; the foolish one of his young wife.
Proverbs and old sayings Russian
Sleeping shrimp gets taken by the current.
Proverbs and old sayings
Beware of a door that has many keys.
Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese
Bake the bread while the oven is hot.
Proverbs and old sayings Persian
Where there was fire, ashes remain.
Proverbs and old sayings Mexican
As long as you happen to put your hand in a container full of pickles, might as well dip your whole arm in the container.
Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian
The force of anger is broken by a soft answer.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
With his own weapon do I stab him.
Proverbs and old sayings Latin
If you are not going to bite, don't show your teeth.
Proverbs and old sayings
He is a very sorry barber who has but one comb.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
To trust is good; not to trust is better.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Who eats lying on his side will commit ten sins, who eats lying on his back will commit seven sins.
Proverbs and old sayings Estonian
An egg is an egg, said the boor, and took the goose's egg.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch
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
What lives on its own substance and dies when it devours itself?
Candle
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
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 about fasting
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
