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Beggars
can never be bankrupt.
Calm weather in June, sets the corn in tune.
Each
day provides its own gifts.
Feel
for others, in your pocket.
Folks
like the truth that hits their neighbour.
Good
weight and measure, are heaven's treasure.
Great
trees keep little ones down.
He
that lives on hope will die fasting.
He
that marries for money will earn it.
Hope
is a good breakfast, but a poor supper.
Hunger
find no fault with mouldy corn.
If
you cut down the trees you will find the wolf.
If
you desire many things, many things will be seem but
a few.
If
you ride a horse, sit close and tight, If you ride a
man, sit easy and light.
It
does not always rain when a pig squeals.
It
is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window
on Friday.
Keep
your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
Proverbs
by Country: 'English Proverbs'
A bid in the hand is worth two in a bush.
A
carrion crow never brings luck.
A
fair day in winter is the mother of a storm.
A
fair October and a good blast, will blow the hag and
her broom away fast.
A
fly may sting a horse and make him wince.
A
fog from the sea brings corn to the mills.
A
good servant makes a bad enemy.
A
late spring is a great blessing.
A
lawyer never goes to law himself.
A
man can only die once.
A
man does not have to attend church to be a Christian.
A
man is as old as he feels himself to be.
A
man may lead a horse to water, but cannot make him drink.
A
mother-in-law is what you inherit when you marry.
A
small family is soon provided for.
A
wicked book is the wickeder because it cannot repent.
A
woman that loves to be at the window is a bunch of grapes
on the highway.
A
young doctor makes a humpy churchyard.
Advice
when most needed is least heeded.
Age
can be a bad travelling companion.
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