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A new broom sweeps well, but the old broom knows all the corners.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about old, olderness
If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about home, house
Plough your furrows deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
Proverbs and old sayings South American about commerce, sleep, americans
The crow may be caged, but its thoughts are in the cornfield.
Proverbs and old sayings
A new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about old, olderness
You are not a fully fledged sailor unless you have sailed under full sail, and you have not built a wall unless you have rounded a corner.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish
A new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows every corner.
Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about old, olderness
A farmer does not conclude by the mere look of it that a corn is unripe; he tears it open for examination.
Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about tears
The best parents are both purses for money and sacks for the corn.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about parents, money
Plough deep, while sluggards sleep; and you shall have corn to sell and keep.
Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about commerce, sleep
Plough deep whilst sluggards sleep, And you shall have corn to sell and to keep.
Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about commerce, sleep
One who keeps saying 'I will listen and obey' will be cooked with the corn cob.
Proverbs and old sayings Ugandan
