Search in folklore: crow

220 results

When a crow is killed by a storm, the fortuneteller says, He died by my curse.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

Don't crow till you're out of the woods.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Every cock can crow on his own dunghill.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

If you meet a red-haired woman, you'll meet a crowd.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about woman

A whistling woman and a crowing hen will bring no luck to the house they are in.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about bad luck, good luck, home, house, woman

He is washing the crow.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Hell is crowded with ungrateful wretches.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about hell

That crown is well spent which saves you ten.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

He who goes not into battle cannot wear a crown.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

With so many roosters crowing, the sun never comes up.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about sun

It is a sorry house where the hens crow and the cock is silent.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about home, house

There is little peace in that house where the hen crows and the cock is mute.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about peace, home, house

The hen tells the cock to crow.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Who cares if a crow is male or female?

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

The crow that mimics a cormorant is drowned.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

The crow that mimics a cormorant gets drowned.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese

Destiny often withholds the crown from the very person who deserves it.

Proverbs and old sayings about destiny, people

The owl has one note, the crow another.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The carrion which the eagle has left feeds the crow.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

The crow is a pretty bird when the jackdaw is not present.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about present