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Nearer e'en the mair beggars.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

Near is my coat, but nearer is my shirt.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

Near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin.

Proverbs and old sayings British

The greater the fear the nearer the danger.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about danger, fear

The shirt is nearer to the body than the coat.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about body

My shirt is nearer than my cloak.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

The farther from Rome the nearer to God.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about god

The nearer the bone, the sweeter the flesh.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat.

Proverbs and old sayings English

The pipe is nearer than the wife.

Proverbs and old sayings Estonian about wife

The skin is nearer than the shirt.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The nearer the minster the later to mass.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Near is my kirkle, but nearer is my smock.

Proverbs and old sayings French

The nearer the church the farther from God.

Proverbs and old sayings French about god

The nearer the inn, the longer the road.

Proverbs and old sayings German

God's help is nearer than the door.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about help, god

The nearer the church, the further from god.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about god

An excuse is nearer to a woman than her apron.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about woman

The shirt is nearer than the doublet.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Near is my petticoat but nearer is my smock.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian