Search in folklore: invited

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One should go invited to a friend in good fortune, and uninvited in misfortune.

Proverbs and old sayings Swedish about wealth, good, good luck

You are invited to join the hunt when your nets are in evidence.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Business goes where it is invited and stays where it is well treated.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about affair, americans

When the ass was invited to the wedding feast he said, They need more wood and water.

Proverbs and old sayings Bosnian about marriage, feast, need, water

To go as fast as a friar that is invited to dinner.

Proverbs and old sayings French about fasting

He who has once invited the devil into his house, will never be rid of him.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil, home, house

Go to your rich friend's house when invited; to your poor friend's without invitation.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about wealth, home, house

Who invited you to the roast.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

When you're invited, eat heartily, because if they like you they'll laugh, and if they don't like you they'll feel the pangs of death.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about death

It's better to arrive on time than to be invited.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about time

A person who happens by a neighbor's house at dinner time, and is invited to join the meal, does not swallow such large morsels as to break the string of pearls around his neck.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about people, home, house, time