One white foot, buy him; two white feet, try him; three white feet, look well about him; four white feet, go without him.
Proverbs and old sayings German about commerce
Saint Swithun's day, if thou be fair, for forty days it will remain; Saint Swithun's day, if thou bring rain, for forty days it will remain.
Proverbs and old sayings German about day, saints, rain
Who knows nothing in his thirtieth year, is nothing in his fortieth, has nothing in his fiftieth; learns nothing, is nothing, and comes to nothing.
Proverbs and old sayings German about nothing
There is nothing for which the boors pray so much to God as that the horses of the squirearchy may not die, for otherwise they would ride the boors with spurs.
Proverbs and old sayings German about pray, death, nothing, god