Search in folklore: wait

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It's good to hope, it's the waiting that spoils it.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about hope, good, good luck

One who waits for chance may wait a year.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about chance

Money Spells (using a green or a gold candle)

Money Spells

You can use either a green or a gold candle for this, the choice is up to you. Also needed is a piece of parchment, a pen with green ink, and a fireproof container. Some cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg incense should be burning…don’t...

Spells and incantations British

He who moves with each day is better than another who waits for luck.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about bad luck, good luck, day

He who solves a problem with a problem will always have a problem in waiting.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The patient thief is as a tree whose root runs deep as he waits for the sweet fruit..

Proverbs and old sayings Gypsy about gypsies, thieves

He who wants milk should not sit in the middle of a field and wait for a cow to back up to him.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

If you've seeded before a heavy rain, one out of one hundred of your plants will be out of line, but if you wait and seed later, one out of one hundred will take.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about rain

You dont throw stones at an approching craclin noise in the bush wait and see what is it first.

Proverbs and old sayings