Search in folklore: poor

Poor though in the midst of wealth.

Poor thanks is the way of the world.

Poor folks are glad of porridge.

Poor men have no souls.

Poor men are fain of little thing.

Poor fouk's friends soon misken.

Even the luck of a poor man is poor.

Until we are only poorly paid, we shall also poorly work.

It is a bad thing to be poor, and seem poor.

If the rich could hire the poor to die for them, the poor would make a very nice living.

Come, Ye Lofty

Come ye lofty, come ye lowly
Let your songs of gladness ring;
In a stable lies the Holy,
In a manger rests the King:
See in Mary s arms reposing
Christ by highest heaven adored:
Come, your circle round Him closing,...

All poor people ain't black/ and all black people ain't poor.

People think that the poor are not as wise as the rich, for if a man be wise, why is he poor?

If you have a poor father that is destiny; if you have a poor father-in-law, that is your mistake.

'What shall i add for the poor? ' asked god. 'fingernails and itch, ' answered the poor.

Good king wenceslas:

Good King Wenceslas looked out
On the Feast of Stephen,
When the snow lay around about,
Deep and crisp and even;

Brightly shone the moon that night,
Though the frost was cruel,
When a poor man came in sight,...

Michael Finnegan:

There was an old man named Michael Finnegan,
He grew whiskers on his chinnigin,
The wind came around and blew them in again,
Poor old Michael Finnegan,
begin again.

There was an old man named Michael Finnegan,...

There's one law for the rich and another for the poor.

A poor beauty finds more lovers than husbands.

Holiday of Saint Nicolae

Saint Nicolae is the spiritual patriarch in Holland, Russia, Greece, France and in a lot of cities from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and Belgium. He is known as the protector of poor people, sailors, tradesmen,...