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The pigeon brings the makings and the chick makes the nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

When a bird builds its nest it uses the feathers of other birds.

Proverbs and old sayings

Little bird, little nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

You must kill the hornets to get rid of the nest.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

A bird has a nest, man has a home.

Proverbs and old sayings about home, man

Conscience is the nest where all good is hatched.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about conscience, good, good luck

A talkative bird will not build a nest.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The jay bird don't rob his own nest.

Proverbs and old sayings

God gives every bird his worm, but he does not throw it into the nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about god

Traditional Wexford Curse

May the grass grow at your door and the fox build his nest on your hearthstone.
May the light fade from your eyes, so you never see what you love.
May your own blood rise against you, and the sweetest drink you...

Spells and incantations British

You can't keep the birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about heads, americans, contentment

When the cuckoo sings, the wild boar loses its old coat, and the hen lays an egg without a false nest. And the ram's horns round out - he looks like a general.

Proverbs and old sayings about old, olderness

God gives every bird its food, but does not throw it into the nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about food, god

Though the bird may fly over your head, let it not make its nest in your hair.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about heads

God gives food to every bird, but does not throw it into the nest.

Proverbs and old sayings about food, god

You can stop a bird from flying over you, but you can't stop it building a nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about contentment

You can't prevent a bird from flying over your head, but you can prevent him from making a nest in your head.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about heads, contentment

A bird will always use another birds' feathers to feather its own nest.

Proverbs and old sayings about use

God gives every bird a worm, but he does not throw it into the nest.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about god