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They that see but your head dinna see your height.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads

I hae a scottish tongue in my head - if they speak i'se answer.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads

He that marries a widow will have a dead man's head often thrown in his dish.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads, man

E'ening grey and a morning red, put on your hat or ye'll weet your head; e'ening red an' a morning grey is a taiken o' a bonny day.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about heads, day

If one saws pumpkins with the devil, they will bash onto one's head.

Proverbs and old sayings Serbian about devil, heads

The white head often lacks good sense.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about common sense, sense, heads, good, good luck

Most often a good boss makes a good steward.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heads, good, good luck

The arm of the young and the head of the old.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heads, old, olderness

If you want to die quickly, wash your head and go to sleep.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about sleep, heads, death, contentment

Dry your feet and warm your head, and don't worry about the rest.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about worry, rest, heads

One hair from the head of a woman pulls more than a ship's hauser.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heads, woman

The gallows is not made for the rich, but for the head of the peasant.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about peasantry, wealth, heads

In the olive grove, a wise man at the feet and a wild man at the head.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heads, man

A wounded head can be treated and heals, but a wounded heart never heals.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heads, heart

God save us from four people: doctors, notaries, pharmacists, and bad bosses.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heads, people, bad luck, god, bad

The boss said to the servant, when there isn't what you want, eat what there is.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heads, contentment

In the head of the pig there's something to take and something to leave; in the head of the rabbit there's nothing to leave and nothing to take.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about heads, nothing

An elephant's head is no load for a child.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, heads

The elephant's head is no load for a child.

Proverbs and old sayings about children, heads

When a single hair has fallen from your head, you are not yet bald.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads, contentment