Search in folklore: milk

131 results

The watch-dog does not get sweet milk unless there be drowned mice in it.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

It's no use crying over spilt milk.

Proverbs and old sayings English about use

God gives the milk but not the pail.

Proverbs and old sayings English about god

Why pay for the cow when the milk is free?

Proverbs and old sayings English

A pot of milk is ruined by a drop of poison.

Proverbs and old sayings English

You can't milk a cow with your hands in your pants.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Better a goat that can give milk than a cow that cannot.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian

I have a cow in the sky, but cannot drink her milk.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian about sky, drinking

The cheese betrays the milk.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish

Why buy a cow when milk is so cheap?

Proverbs and old sayings French about commerce

A cow from afar gives plenty of milk.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Why buy a cow if you can get the milk for free.

Proverbs and old sayings French about commerce

However black a cow is, the milk is always white.

Proverbs and old sayings about magic

When they came to milk the cow she said I am an ox, and when they came to harness her she said I am a cow.

Proverbs and old sayings Georgian

Black cows give white milk.

Proverbs and old sayings German about magic

Never grieve over spilt milk.

Proverbs and old sayings German

God gives us milk but no jug.

Proverbs and old sayings German about god

Good wine is milk for the aged.

Proverbs and old sayings German about wine, good, good luck

Even ill-natured cows give milk.

Proverbs and old sayings German

The cow gives milk through her mouth.

Proverbs and old sayings German