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An old rat won't go into the trap.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about trap, old, olderness

Old birds are not caught with cats.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

It is hard to teach old dogs to bark.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

An old wolf is used to be shouted at.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

The old ones sing, the young ones pipe.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

The young ravens are beaked like the old.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

When the old dog barks, he gives counsel.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about moral, old, olderness

An old fox doesn't go twice into the trap.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about trap, old, olderness

When the wolf grows old the crows ride him.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

Young twigs may be bent, but not old trees.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

Young folk, silly folk; old folk, cold folk.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

An old coachman loves the crack of the whip.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

What the old ones sing, the young ones whistle.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

He who wants a new world must first buy the old.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about commerce, world, old, olderness

Who is righteous overmuch is a morsel for the Old One.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

A young ewe and an old ram, every year bring forth a lamb.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

Don't throw away your old shoes until you have got new ones.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness, contentment

Better on the heath with an old cart that at sea in a new ship.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness

It's good to be off wi' the old love Before ye be on wi' the new.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about love, good, good luck, old, olderness

Young folks think old folks to be fools, but old folks know young folks to be fools.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about old, olderness