Search in folklore: branches

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Branches straighten.

Proverbs and old sayings

Branches may be trained; not the trunk.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

Gather the breadfruit from the farthest branches first.

Proverbs and old sayings

I have a beautiful tree with the branches downAnd the root up. The man

Riddles

A wind can move the branches of trees but it will never move the head of a man.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about heads, man

Thick branches and big leaves.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Blame yourself if you have no branches or leaves; don't accuse the sun of partiality.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about sun

A man without a woman is a tree without leaves and branches.

Proverbs and old sayings about woman, man

When the tree falls everyone runs to cut the branches.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

A bird hanging between two branches will get bitten on both wings.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

No one can climb a tree with no branches.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish

It is well to fly low on account of the branches.

Proverbs and old sayings French

When the tree is down everybody runs to the branches.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The army of the palm tree is its branches.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

The strength of the palm tree is in its branches.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

The prickly branches of the palm tree do not show preference even to friends.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

Truth has no branches.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about truth

Fallen blossoms do not return to branches; a broken mirror does not again reflect.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Tall branches are apt to be broken.

Proverbs and old sayings Korean