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Saint Swithun's day, if thou be fair, for forty days it will remain; Saint Swithun's day, if thou bring rain, for forty days it will remain.

Saint cannot if God will not.

Saint Martin was an easy man, he loved to drink Cerevisiam; and when he'd no Pecuniam, he left in pledge his Tunicam.

Saints fly only in the eyes of their disciples.

Saints appear to fools.

Saints don't fill the belly.

Saints sleep three hours, merchants sleep five, ordinary people seven and the lazy sleep nine.

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,...

The saint's-day over, farewell the saint.

Night of the Saint Andrew

On the 30th of November, Romaian people is celebrating Saint Andrew, the spiritual patriarch of Romania.

The night before Saint Andrew's Eve is known as the night of the ghosts( strigoi), strigoi means in Romanian...

Jolly old Saint Nicholas

Jolly old Saint Nicholas, lean your ear this way,
Don't you tell a single soul what I'm going to say.
Christmas eve is coming soon now, you dear old man,
Whisper what you'll bring to me, tell me if you can....

The devil was sick, the Devil a saint would be; the Devil was well, the devil a saint was he.

The night before Christmas

It was the night before Christmas and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
In the hope that Saint Nicholas soon would be there....

Any new saint-to-be has his miracles to make.

The saint is suspicious of too many sacrifices.

The absent saint gets no candle.

The weather worsens on Saint Bartholomew's Day.

Let a saint be ever so humble, he will have his wax taper.

Follow the saint no further than his doorstep.

An open door may tempt a saint.