The soul goes to God, the body to the earth, and belongings to those to whom they should go.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about body, soul, earth, god
Proverbs and old sayings, page 1912
43574 proverbs and old sayings
For the very best, drink milk from the goat, ricotta from the sheep and cheese from the cow.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about drinking
Don't be foolish and awe struck, because foolishness is telling but cursing doesn't hit home.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about home
With everything Messina has the port, but for beautiful Palermo it is always just an orchard.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about garden
On Saint Candelora day, if it's snowing or raining, there'll be another forty days of winter.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about day, saints
If the winter doesn't winter, and the summer doesn't summer, the farmstead will be in trouble.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about problems
Don't pay a single gold coin for the sorrell, but when he's good, be ready to spend a fortune.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wealth, good, good luck
Saints sleep three hours, merchants sleep five, ordinary people seven and the lazy sleep nine.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about sleep, saints, people
The man with a beautiful wife is always singing, the one with little money is always counting.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wife, money, man
Do you want to experience real thirst? Then try eating bitter cardoons and roasted fava beans.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about real estate, experience, bitter, contentment
If you wish someone evil, give him a horse, and if you wish him more evil, give him two horses.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about wish, contentment
God protect you from the man who looks down at the ground and the woman who looks up to heaven.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about woman, god, man, contentment
First harvest honey and wax during the day, then dance and play in the open during the evening.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about dance, day
When you see a sheep's wool sky you know, if it doesn't rain today, it will rain in the morning.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about rain, sky, contentment
Inexperienced young men are better off not marrying: Stay away from women! you'll be better off.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man, contentment
A man is never so ridiculous by those qualities that are his own as by those he affects to have.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man
The old never lack for a story when they're standing in the sun or in front of a warm fireplace.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about sun, old, olderness
If you urge the donkey on, you'll arrive late, if you let the donkey amble, you'll arrive early.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about contentment
Open your eyes and your ears when contracting, because the agreed upon circumstances mean a lot.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about circumstances, eyes
Monreale, a city without comfort, either it rains, or the wind blows, or bells ring for the dead.
Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about city
