Wool is the gold of the Faroes.
Proverbs and old sayings
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A Wool-seller kens a Wool-buyer.
Proverbs and old sayings
Self-praise is like chewing cotton wool.
Proverbs and old sayings about self-control, praise
Give me wool and tomorrow you will have a sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings about contentment
The men are the wool of the tribe, but the women are the ones who weave the pattern.
Proverbs and old sayings about man
Great cry and little wool, as the fellow said when he sheared his hogs.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese
Much noise and little wool, said the devil, when he was shearing the sow.
Proverbs and old sayings Danish about devil
Great cry and little wool, quoth the devil, when he sheared his hogs.
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about devil
Better lose the wool than the sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings French
An easy shepherd makes the wolf void wool.
Proverbs and old sayings French
He who goes to collect wool may come back shorn.
Proverbs and old sayings French
Many go out for wool, and come home shorn.
Proverbs and old sayings German about home
It's a poor sheep that cannot carry its own wool.
Proverbs and old sayings German
Never give the skin when you can pay with the wool.
Proverbs and old sayings German about contentment
Great cry and little wool, said the fool, when he sheared a pig.
Proverbs and old sayings German
Don't go putting wool on a sheep's back.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
Its no use going to the goat's house to look for wool.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about use, home, house
Better give the wool than the sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
Bad is the wool that cannot be died.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian about bad luck, bad
Better to lose the wool than the sheep.
Proverbs and old sayings Italian
