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To the raven her own chick is white.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Many a white collar covers a dirty neck.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

There'll be white blackbirds before an unwilling woman ties the knot.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about woman

Under white ashes there is glowing coal.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

The white coat does not make the miller.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Out of a white egg often comes a black chick.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about magic

February fill dyke, be it black or be it white.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about magic

Save something for the man that rides on the white horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about man

The umbrella was made for rainy days, the white man uses it for the sun.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about day, sun, man

Only lawyers and painters can turn white to black.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about magic

A rosy face in the morning, white bones in the evening.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about face

A white glove often conceals a dirty hand.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

To whiten ivory with dye is to spoil nature by art.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about art, magic, nature

They attend a funeral robed in white, and a wedding in mourning.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about marriage

May you be as big as the white mountain.

Proverbs and old sayings about contentment

Crows are never the whiter for washing themselves.

Proverbs and old sayings Malagasy

Also the black cow produces white milk.

Proverbs and old sayings about magic

Do not judge a man by the whiteness of his turbin, soap is bought on credit.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about judges, man

When the white man wins, it is a battle.

Proverbs and old sayings about americans, man

Black soil produces white bread.

Proverbs and old sayings Norwegian about magic