Old Proverb

Cited as Old Proverb. — 15 quotations

Chaff

Old birds are not caught with caff.

Char

Thet char is chared, as the good wife said when she had hanged her husband.

Curse

Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Feast

Enough is as good as a feast.

findy

A cold May and a windy Makes the barn fat and findy.

Fling

England were but a fling Save for the crooked stick and the gray goose wing.

Forbear

Both bear and forbear.

Frighten

More frightened than hurt.

Handsome

Handsome is as handsome does.

Lightly

That lightly come, shall lightly go.

Man

Like master, like man.

Merciful

A merciful man will be merciful to his beast.

Rise

He that would thrive, must rise by five.

Silvern

Speech is silvern; silence is golden.

Slut

Sluts are good enough to make a sloven's porridge.