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A spooked crow is afraid of a bush.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Shoot a daw and a crow, and soon you'll hit a falcon.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Better a laying Hen nor a lyin Crown.

Proverbs and old sayings

Credit keeps the crown of the causey.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Keep your breath to cool your crowdie.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Truth and honesty keep the crown o' the causey.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about honesty, truth

It's a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about home, house

Every cock crows loudest on his own dunghill, is a saying common to all nations.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish about nation, common sense

No matter how thoroughly a crow may wash, it remains ever black.

Proverbs and old sayings about magic

Gold attracts a crowd.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

A good rooster crows everywhere.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about good, good luck

Cursed is the home where the hen does the crowing.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about home

Where many roosters are crowing, it's not because it's daylight.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian

At Caltagirone a hairy conscience and a crown with fifteen places.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about conscience

When the rooster crows off the hour, don't hesitate to adjust the time.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about time

A sick person can eat a fig that's ringed with a crown; the burgisotta fig is a treat for the girl.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about people

Man is the head and woman is the crown upon it.

Proverbs and old sayings Czechoslovak about heads, woman, man

Shoot at a pigeon and kill a crow.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Every cock crows on his own dunghill.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

He who does not mix with the crowd knows nothing.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about nothing