Chapter VI: Part 6

This proposition is commonly quoted as a flagrant example of bad logic, illustrating the fallacy of the reference _post hoc, ergo propter hoc_. A very quaint account of its origin is given in these words in one of Latimer's sermons:--"Mr. Moore was once sent with commission into Kent, to try out, if it might be, what was the cause of Goodwin's Sands, and the shelf which stopped up Sandwich Haven. Thither cometh Mr. Moore, and calleth all the country before him; such as were thought to be men of experience, and men that could of likelihood best satisfy him of the matter concerning the stopping of Sandwich Haven. Among the rest came in before him an old man with a white head, and one that was thought to be little less than an hundred years old. When Mr. Moore saw this aged man he thought it expedient to hear him say his mind in this matter; for, being so old a man, it was likely that he knew most in that presence, or company. So Mr. Moore called this old aged man unto him, and said, 'Father, tell me, if you can, what is the cause of the great arising of the sands and shelves here about this haven, which stop it up so that no ships can arrive here. You are the oldest man I can espy in all the company, so that if any man can tell the cause of it, you of all likelihood can say most to it, or at leastwise more than any man here assembled.' 'Yea, forsooth, good Mr. Moore,' quoth this old man, 'for I am well-nigh an hundred years old, and no man here in this company anything near my age.' 'Well, then,' quoth Mr. Moore, 'how say you to this matter? What think you to be the cause of these shelves and sands, which stop up Sandwich Haven?' 'Forsooth, sir,' quoth he, 'I am an old man; I think that Tenterton steeple is the cause of Goodwin's Sands. For I am an old man, sir,' quoth he; 'I may remember the building of Tenterton steeple, and I may remember when there was no steeple at all there. And before that Tenterton steeple was in building there was no manner of talking of any flats or sands that stopped up the haven; and therefore I think that Tenterton steeple is the cause of the decay and destroying of Sandwich Haven.'"

After all, this is not so palpable a _non sequitur_ as it appears, for, says Fuller, "One story is good till another is told; and though this be all whereupon this proverb is generally grounded, I met since with a supplement thereunto: it is this. Time out of mind, money was constantly collected out of this county to fence the east banks thereof against the irruption of the sea, and such sums were deposited in the hands of the Bishop of Rochester; but because the sea had been quiet for many years without any encroaching, the bishop commuted this money to the building of a steeple and endowing a church at Tenterden. By this diversion of the collection for the maintenance of the banks, the sea afterwards broke in upon Goodwin Sands. And now the old man had told a rational tale, had he found but the due favour to finish it; and thus, sometimes, that is causelessly accounted ignorance of the speaker which is nothing but impatience in the auditors, unwilling to attend to the end of the discourse."

=A loyal heart may be landed under Traitors' Bridge.=

Every one who has passed down the Thames from London Bridge knows that archway in front of the Tower, under which boats conveying prisoners of state used to pass to Traitors' Stairs.

=A knight of Cales, a gentleman of Wales, and a laird of the north
countree;=
=A yeoman of Kent, with his yearly rent, will buy them out all
three.=

"Cales knights were made in that voyage by Robert, Earl of Essex, to the number of sixty, whereof (though many of great birth) some were of low fortunes; and therefore Queen Elizabeth was half offended with the earl for making knighthood so common. Of the numerousness of Welsh gentlemen nothing need be said, the Welsh generally pretending to gentility. Northern lairds are such who in Scotland hold lands in chief of the king, whereof some have no great revenue. So that a Kentish yeoman (by the help of a hyperbole) may countervail," &c.--(_Fuller._) "A Spanish don, a German count, a French marquis, an Italian bishop, a Neapolitan cavalier, a Portuguese hidalgo, and a Hungarian noble make up a so-so company" (Italian).[795]

=The Italians are wise before the fact, the Germans in the fact, the
French after the fact.=--_Italian._[796]

=The Italians are known by their singing, the French by their
dancing, the Spaniards by their lording it, and the Germans
by their drinking.=--_Italian._[797]

=Where Germans are, Italians like not to be.=--_Italian._[798]

=Italy, heads, holidays, and tempests.=--_Italian._[799]

A gentleman, who visited Dublin in the O'Connell times, gave it as the result of his experience there that Ireland was a land of groans, grievances, and invitations to dinner.

=He that has to do with a Tuscan must not be blind.=--_Italian._[800]

There is a double meaning in the original. The same Italian word means Tuscan and poison.

=It is better to be in the forest and eat pine cones than to live in a
castle with Spaniards.=--_Italian._[801]

Because the frugal Spanish soldiers could subsist on diet on which men of other nations would starve. For them "Bread and radishes were a heavenly dinner" (Spanish).[802]

=Abstract from Spaniard all his good qualities, and there remains
a Portuguese.=--_Spanish._

=Every layman in Castile might make a king, every clerk a
pope.=--_Spanish._

If the overweening pride of the Spaniard appears in these two proverbs, the candour of the following must also be acknowledged:--

=Succours of Spain, either late or never.=--_Spanish._[803]

=Things of Spain.=--_Spanish._[804]

That is, abuses, anomalies, and faults of all kinds. See "Ford's Handbook," _passim_.

=When the Spaniard sings, either he is mad or he has not a
doit.=--_Spanish._[805]

=A Pole would rather steal a horse on Sunday than eat milk or
butter on Friday.=--_German._[806]

=Poland is the hell of peasants, the paradise of Jews, the purgatory
of burghers, the heaven of nobles, and the gold mine of
foreigners.=--_German._[807]

=A Polish bridge, a Bohemian monk, a Swabian nun, Italian devotion,
and German fasting are worth a bean.=--_German._[808]

=If the devil came out of hell to fight there would forthwith be a
Frenchman to accept the challenge.=--_French._[809]

=When the Frenchman sleeps the devil rocks him.=--_French._[810]

=The Italians weep, the Germans screech, and the French
sing.=--_French._[811]

This is found word for word in Italian also, though it seems devised for the special glorification of Frenchmen. The Portuguese say,--

=The Frenchman sings well when his throat is
moistened.=--_Portuguese._[812]

=The Germans have their wit in their fingers.=--_French._[813]

That means they are skilful workmen.

=The emperor of Germany is the king of kings, the king of Spain king
of men, the king of France king of asses, the king of England
king of devils.=--_French._[814]

=It is better to hear the lark sing than the mouse creep.=

This was the proverb of the Douglases, adopted by every Border chief to express, as Sir Walter Scott observes, what the great Bruce had pointed out--that the woods and hills were the safest bulwarks of their country, instead of the fortified places which the English surpassed their neighbours in the art of assaulting or defending. The Servians have a similar saying: "Better to look from the mountain than from the dungeon."

=He that has missed seeing Seville has missed seeing a
marvel.=--_Spanish._[815]

=See Naples and die.=--_Italian._[816]

=There is but one Paris.=--_French._[817]

FOOTNOTES:

[788] L'Inglese italianizzato, un diavolo incarnato.

[789] Inghilterra paradiso di donne, purgatorio di borse, e inferno di cavalli.

[790] Con todo el mondo guerra, y paz con Inglaterra.

[791] Op een witten Spanjaard en op een zwarten Engelschman moet men acht geven.

[792] Un Normand a son dit et son dédit.

[793] Più pazzi di quei da Zago, che seminavano gucchie per raccogher poi pali di ferro, e davano del letame al campanile perchè crescesse.

[794] Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf moutons et un Champenois font cent bêtes.

[795] Un don di Spagna, conte d'Allemagna, marchese di Francia, vescovo d'Italia, cavaglier di Napoli, idalgo di Portugullo, nobile d'Ungheria fanno una tal qual compagnia.

[796] Gl' Italiani saggi innanzi il fatto, i Tedeschi nel fatto, i Francesi dopo il fatto.

[797] L'Italiano al cantare, i Francesi al ballare, i Spagnuoli al bravare, i Tedeschi allo sbevacchiare, si conoscono.

[798] Dove stanno Tedeschi, mal volontieri stanno Italiani.

[799] Italia, teste, feste, e tempeste.

[800] Chi ha da far con Tosco, non vuol esser losco.

[801] E meglio star al bosco, e mangiar pignuoli, che star in castello co' Spagnuoli.

[802] Pan y ravanillos, comer de Dios.

[803] Socorros de España, ó tarde, ó nunca.

[804] Cosas de España.

[805] Quando el Español canta, ó rabia, ó no tiene blanca.

[806] Ein Pole würde eher am Sonntag ein Pferd stehlen, als am Freitag Milch oder Butter essen.

[807] Polen ist der Bauern Hölle, der Juden Paradies, der Bürger Fegefeuer, der Edelleute Himmel, und der Fremden Goldgrube.

[808] Eine Polnische Brücke, ein Böhmischer Mönkh, eine Schabische Nonne, Welsche Andacht, und der Deutschen Fasten gelten eine Bohne.

[809] Si le diable sortait de l'enfer pour combattre, il se présenterait aussitôt un Français pour accepter le défi.

[810] Quand le Français dort, le diable le berce.

[811] Les Italiens pleurent, les Allemands crient, et les Français chantent.

[812] Bein canta o Francez, papo molhado.

[813] Les Allemands ont l'esprit au doigts.

[814] L'empereur d'Allemagne est le roy des roys, le roy d'Espagne roy des hommes, le roy de France roy des asnes, et le roy d'Angleterre roy des diables.

[815] Quien no ha vista Sevilla, no ha vista maraviglia.

[816] Vedi Napoli e poi mori.

[817] Il n'y a qu'un Paris.

INDEX.

Abbot, 114, 209, 210
Aberdeen, 218
Absence, 39
Absent, 39
Absents, 41
Acorn, 51
Adder, 19
Ado, much, 128
Adversity, 67, 151
Advice, 159, 160
Advise, 159
Age, 31
Agreement, 201
Alcalde, 197
Ale, 86, 175
All but, 87
Almost, 86, 87
Alms, 115
Altar, 123
Anchuelos, secret of, 178
Another, 110
Anvil, 194
Ape, 27, 35
Apothecary, 204
Appearances, 127
Apple, 113
Apples, 101
April, 212, 213
Arabic, 151
Archer, 123
Arm, 62, 73
Arrow, 34
Ashamed, 99
Ass, 33, 34, 70, 76, 79, 90, 102, 120
Ass's head, 34
Ass's tail, 34
Attorneys, 202
August, 214
Aunt's house, 40
Aver, 34

Bachelors' wives, 103
Back, 54, 70
Backward, 153
Bacon, 128
Badger, 41
Bail, 64
Bald, 124, 127
Bale, 57
Bargain, 74
Barkers, 171
Battle, 68, 193
Bean, 123
Bear, 142
Beard, 59, 191
Bearskin, 142
Beauty, 8, 10
Bee, 35
Beetle, 101
Beginning, 191, 194
Begun, 191
Bell, 91
Bell the cat, 174
Bend, 30
Best, 75, 122, 152, 153
Bides, 68
Bird, 36, 37, 77, 141, 145, 173
Bite, 58, 172, 173
Bitterness, 110
Blackamoor, 34, 120
Black puddings, 113
Blood, 33
Blood-letting, 73
Blossom, 30
Boast, 173
Boaster, 173
Bog, 160
Bohemian, 225
Bone, 32
Boot, 57
Boots, 84
Born, 54
Born to be hanged, 182
Borrow, 113, 138
Bow, 82
Brag, 173
Bray, 134
Bread, 189, 215
Breeches, 181
Bricks, 58
Bride, 9
Broke my leg, 56
Brothers, 49
Brother's house, 40
Builds, 160
Bull, 153, 206
Bury, 203
Bush, 47, 155, 175
Busy, 72
Butter, 132
Buyer, 129
By and by, 138

Cackling, 86
Cake, 123
Cales, 222
Calf, 81, 104
Candle, 135
Candlelight, 10
Candlemas, 211, 212
Cap, 125
Capon, 114
Capples, 22
Captain, 197
Carcass, 59
Care, 129
Case altered, 111
Castile, 224
Castles, 142, 143
Cat, 33, 54, 61, 76, 86, 98, 106, 107, 128, 131, 149, 172
Cat, a baited, 83
Caudle, 114
Chaff, 199
Champenese, 219
Charity, 104
Charybdis, 158
Cheapest, 75
Cheats, 149
Cheese, 132, 199
Chester, 68
Chick, 141
Chickens, 141, 142
Child, 26, 27, 64, 104, 114, 148, 170, 194
Children, 26, 28, 52, 103
Choice, 152
Choose, 152
Christened, 114
Christian, 140
Christmas, 214, 215, 217
Church, 132
Church of God, 210
Churl, 116
Clergy, 208
Clerk, 197, 199, 208, 224
Clerks, 151
Cloak, 128
Clocks, 217
Clothes, 99
Coach, 103
Coal, 129
Coal-sack, 35
Coat, 73, 202
Cobbler's dog, 103
Cook, 27, 37, 65
Collier, 37
Colt, 29
Common fame, 163
Company, 99
Comparisons, 154
Comrade, 48
Conquers, 69
Contrivance, 157
Cook, 196
Cook and butler, 180
Cornish, 218
Cornwall, 56, 218
Cossack, 69
Cost, 75
Council, 159
Counsel, 63
Counselled, 159
Courtesy, 131
Covet, 78
Covetousness, 78
Cow, 34, 104, 108
Coward, 83
Crab, 32
Craft, 131
Craftsman, 97
Crane, 145
Cranes, 179
Creaking, 205
Creep, 194
Cripple, 120, 151
Cripples, 85, 99
Crooked carlin, 120
Crooks, 30
Crow, 27, 120
Crucifixes, 55
Cry, great, 128
Cry out, 57
Cup, 144
Cupar, 93
Curse, 172
Custom, 96-98
Cutty, 155

Dainty, 189
Dancer, 89
Darkest hour, 57
Daughter, 114
Daughters, 24, 28
Day, 67, 142
Daylight, 166
Dead, 114
Dead men's, 146
Dear, 74
Debt, 64
Deil, 65, 71, 72, 128, 200
Deils, 63
Delay, 139
Devil, 86, 130, 132, 136, 138, 143, 153, 187, 217
Devils, 52
Die, 146
Dirt, 162
Dirty-nosed, 120
Dishclout, 84, 163
Disease, 203
Ditch, 142
Doctor, 203, 204
Dog, 37, 48, 51, 58, 83, 103, 148, 150, 157, 162, 171, 190
Dog, mad, 183
Dogs, 99, 154
Doing nothing, 71
Dollar, 54
Done, 191
Donkey, 102
Door, 67
Down, 58, 59
Drink, 90
Driver, 122
Drought, 214
Drown, 182
Drowned, 64, 182
Drowning, 58
Drunken, 124, 181
Drunkenness, 181
Dunghill, 37
Dyke, 59, 103
Dyke side, 72

Eagles, 35, 59
Ears, 28, 180
Earth, 203
East, 83
Eaten bread, 118

Egg, 86, 113, 145
Eggs, 154
Elbow, 207
Emperor, 132
Empty, 129
Ending, 191
Enemy, 44, 83
England, 214, 217
English, 64
Englishman, 37, 215-217
Enough, 77-79
Even song, 67
Evening, 63
Everybody, 163
Every man, 94, 104
Every one, 104, 105, 108, 159
Everything, 194
Evil, 57, 63
Ewe, 70
Ewe and lamb, 45
Excuse, excuses, 39, 123, 124, 126
Experience, 148
Extremes, 83
Eye, 78
Eye, sore, 207

Fair and softly, 79
Fall out, 180
Fame, common, 163
Familiarity, 41
Far awa', 39
Farther, 153
Fashion, 99
Fashious, 40
Fast bind, 65
Fasting, 124
Father, 26, 54, 187, 197
Fault, 39, 123, 124, 129
Faultless, 122
Faults, 11
Favour, 118
Feast, 83
February, 211
Februeer, 211
Fellowship, 50
Feyther, 27
Fiddlers, 50
Fierce, 37, 83
Fifteen, 29
Figs, 94
Filly, 27
Fine, 9
Fingers, 68
Fire, 60, 81, 82, 163, 179
Fire, catching, 124
First blow, 193
Fish, 68, 86, 94, 141, 149
Fisherman, 122
Five, 29
Flawed pots, 205
Flax, 11
Fleas, 7, 80, 99
Flesh, 32
Fleyed, 57
Flies, 35, 70, 81
Flitches, 128
Foe, 43
Folks, 164
Folly, 34
Fool, 29, 34, 52, 75, 91, 94, 120, 160, 161, 169
Fools, 28, 52, 74, 160
Forbid, 94
Forbidden fruit, 93
Force, 157
Forgotten, 39
Fortune, 52, 55, 56
Forward, 153
Foster, 41, 46
Foul finger, 121
Fox, 154, 183
Foxes, 183
Framet, 40
France, 225
Free, 115
Freere's, 209
French, 222, 223, 225
Frenchman, 225
Friar, 55, 133, 209
Friars, 209, 210
Friar's conscience, 65
Friday, 124, 224
Friend, 40, 43, 45, 46, 204
Friends, 39, 40, 43-46, 136, 147
Friendship, 40, 42, 43, 45
Frog, 34
Fruit, 70, 161
Fruit, forbidden, 93
Fruit, late, 30
Fryingpan, 161
Fules, 197
Full-fed, 190
Furriers, 183

Gain, 76
Galled horse, 124
Gallows, 116, 183
Gambrel, 30
Gander, 1
Gear, 75
Gear to tine, 186
Gentle, 70, 81
Gentleness, 81
German, 222, 225
Germany, 225
Gibbet, 116
Giblets, 115
Giff-gaff, 50
Gifts, 90
Gileynoar, 79
Giving, 113
Glass houses, 119
Glitters, 128
Glowworm, 128
Glutton, 81
Goat, 10
God, 105, 114, 130, 136, 138, 139, 141, 145, 170, 187, 200, 204
God help, 120
Godfathers, 114
God's sake, 115, 210
Gold, 83, 128, 188
Good name, 164
Good-will, 90
Goodwin Sands, 220
Goose, 1, 115
Gospel, 157
Gotham, 219
Grace of God, 79
Grapes, 94
Grass, 211
Greedy, 78, 79
Grey mare, 23
Grindstone, 218
Gudewife, 76
Gudewilly, 115
Guest, 41

Habit, 97
Hackerton's cow, 112
Hair, 124, 145
Half, 155, 201
Halt, 151
Hameliness, 41
Hand, 173
Hand, in, 145
Handsaw, 157
Handsome, 10
Hang, 125, 128, 154, 183-185
Hanged, 84, 116, 125, 182, 184, 188
Hanging, 125, 127
Hangit, 109
Hangs, 162
Hanselled, 185
Hap, 53
Happy, 53, 187
Hardest step, 193
Hare, 101, 134
Hares, 145
Harried, 53
Harvest, 214
Haste, 80
Hatter, 54
Hawk, 34
Hay, 138
Head, sound, 123
Hearsay, 163
Heart, 110, 131
Heaven, 136
Heaven, goes to, 187
Hell, 90, 91, 136, 202
Helmet, 64
Help, 46, 48, 160
Helps, 147
Helped, 159
Hen, 23, 33
Hens, 115
Hen's egg, 86, 113
Herring, 105, 141
Hobby, 95
Hog, 35
Home, 36, 104
Homely, 36
Honest man, 132, 164, 167
Honesty, 166
Honey, 35, 70, 81, 196, 214
Hood, 133
Hooly and fairly, 79
Hope, 125, 146, 147
Hopers, 91
Horn, 62, 133
Horse, 29, 49, 70, 86, 90, 115
Horse corn, 115
Horses, 101
Horse, a good, 122
Horseman, 103
Host, 108, 141
Hostess, 9
Hound, 33
Hounds, 90, 101, 134, 150
House, 21, 37, 38, 82, 175
Hungarian, 222
Hunger, 189, 190, 209
Hungry, 81, 146, 189, 190
Hunters, 132
Hurt, 57
Husbands, 22

Ibycus, 179
Idle, 71, 72
Ill, 55, 56, 58
Ill name, 162
Ill said, 126
Ill-will, 162
Ill wind, 56
Intentions, 90, 91
Irishman, 216
Iron, 138
Italian, 222, 223, 225
Italianised Englishman, 217
Italy, 223

Jack, 52, 82
Janiveer, 211
January, 211
Jealousy, 12
Jedwood, 185
Jews, 224
Joan, 10
Jock Thief, 48
John Jelly, 105
Joyous heart, 89
Judgment, 159
July, 213
June, 213
Justice, 112
Justice, Peralvillo, 184
Justice, the, 197

Kail, 65
Kent, 222
Kettle, 120
Key, 65, 100
Keys, 68
Kick, 58
Kiln, 120
Kind, 33
Kindness, 14, 42
King, 38, 85, 101
King's, 199
King's horses, 102
Kiss, 131
Kissing, 46
Kitchen, 74
Knave, 117
Knock down, 58

Labours, 71
Lack, 78
Ladder, 48
Lady, 49
Laird, 136, 222
Lamb, 84
Landlady, 9
Lark, 226
Lass, 152
Lasses, 11
Late fruit, 30
Lathered, 191
Latin, 151
Law, 145, 200, 201
Law breakers, 200
Law makers, 200
Laws, 200
Lawsuit, 201
Lawyer, 201, 202
Lawyers, 189, 201, 202
Layman, 224
Leak, 75
Leap, 61
Leg, 56, 73
Lend, 114
Leveret, 145
Liar, 48, 173
Liars, 165
Lidford, 184
Lie, lies, 123, 149, 165
Lifeless, 122
Likely, 128
Lion, 37, 48, 83
Lion's den, 96
Little, 28
Little sticks, 79
Live, 150
Live-long, 80
London, 217
Longears, 120
Loose, 65
Lorris, 58
Losing, 55
Love, 11-15, 26, 200
Loyal, 222
Luck, 51-54, 71
Lucky, 53
Luther's shoes, 102
Lying, 86

Mad, 100
Mad dog, 183
Maggots, 55
Maid, 28
Maiden, 185
Maids' children, 103
Malmsey, 93
Many, 82
Many ways, 156
March, 212, 213
Mare, 27, 129
Marriage, 18, 20, 21
Married, 114
Marries, 16
Marry, 15, 17, 21, 23, 24, 28
Martin, 87, 88
Mass, 139
Master, 37, 50, 106, 197
May, 212, 213
Measure, 62
Mice, 33
Midden, 17, 37
Mill, 83, 104, 147
Miller, 106
Mind, 39
Minster, 139
Mire, 128
Mischief, 64, 71, 210
Miser, 83
Miser's money, 75
Misfortune, 55, 56
Miss, 87
Mither, 26, 27
Mixon, 16
Money, 67, 184, 186
Monk, 132, 210, 225
Monks, 209
Montgomery, 47
Moor, 174, 188
Morning, 63
Moses, 58
Mother, 26-28, 109, 170
Mother-in-law, 25
Mother of God, 52
Mother's milk, 32
Moulter, 106
Mountain, 128, 226
Mouse, 69, 77, 85, 128, 154, 226
Mousetrap, 173
Much, 78
Much ado, 128
Mulberry, 69
Murder, 178

Naebody, 126
Naethin, 71
Nag, 34
Nail, 154, 206
Naked, 99
Naples, 226
Neck, 55, 85
Need, 48, 49, 190
Neighbours, 40
Nest, 36
Newcastle, 218
News, 109
Night, 57, 142
Nile, 54
Nobody, 112
Nose, 54, 109, 124, 125
Nothing to do, 72
November, 214
Nuns, 209

Offence, 126
Office, 195, 197
Offices, 196
Old, 149, 206
Old sores, 63
Olive, 142
One-eyed, 154
Opens, 67
Opinions, 160
Orchard, 113
Oven, 120
Ower hot, 82
Ower mony, 82
Ox, 37, 54

Pacha, 101
Pains, 71, 72
Pan, 120
Paradise, 217
Paris, 226
Path, 123
Patience, 66, 68, 69
Pence, 75
Penny, 54, 75, 84
Peralvillo, 184
Perforce, 90
Perhaps, 86
Perseverance, 69
Peter, 45, 101
Petticoat, 112
Pettitoes, 115
Physician, 121, 208
Pie, 113
Pig, 51, 61, 115, 128
Pilot, 103
Pinches, 110
Pipers, 50
Pitchers, 28
Place, 195
Plain dealing, 166
Play, 82, 33
Pleasure, 94
Plenty, 189
Poke, 61
Poker, 120
Poland, 224
Pole, 224
Polichinelle, secret of, 178
Polish, 225
Poor, 114
Poor man, 76
Pope, 135, 224
Portuguese, 98, 222, 224
Possession, 145
Pot, 45, 108, 120
Pots, 205
Pottage, 14
Potter, 108
Poultry, 209
Poverty, 14, 189, 190
Praise, 142
Pretty girl, 11
Priest, 104, 123, 199, 209
Priests, 208
Pudding, 151
Puddle, 123
Purgatory, 217
Puir man, 59
Purse, 44, 76

Quaker, 162

Rain, 67
Rains, 56
Raven, 117, 120
Raven, belongs to the, 182
Reason, 156
Receiver, 48
Reckons, 140
Refer, 202
Reward, 197
Rich, 114, 188
Rich man, 44, 188
Rich year, 215
Ride, 49
Ridiculous, 83
Right, 57
Rings, 68
Riven Dish, 117
River, 77, 129, 153, 183, 188
Robin Hood, 102
Rogue, 52, 188
Rogues, 149, 180, 188, 200
Rolling stone, 69
Rome, 98, 135, 140
Rope, 125, 127
Rose, 123

Sack, 48
Saddle, 69, 86
Sail, 86
Saint, 131
Saints, 197
Salmon, 113
Salt-box, 55
Satan, 133
Saying, 174
Scolding wife, 22
Scotsman, 216
Scotsmen, 216
Scottish, 218
Scratch, 125
Scylla, 153
Sea, 86, 103
Second thoughts, 83
Secret, 177-180
Self, 104, 106
Self-praise, 175
September, 214
Serpent, 148
Serves, 197
Seville, 226
Shabby, 128
Shaft or bolt, 155
Shave, 157
Shaved, 191
Sheep, 70, 84, 105, 169, 190
Sheriff, 153
Shift, 155
Shins, 186
Ship, 75, 151
Shirt, 112
Shoe, 110
Shoemaker's wife, 140
Shoes, 84
Shoots, 122
Shot, 123
Shoulders, 70
Shovel, 120
Shrew, 103
Shuts, 67
Sicker, 123
Sickness, 132
Sight, 39
Silence, 168, 169, 172
Silent, 169
Silk purse, 34
Sing, 94
Singed cat, 128
Sink a ship, 55
Skull, 120
Skunk, 106
Slander, 161
Sleep, 63, 206
Slight, 155
Slip, 144
Sloth, 72
Smoky chimney, 22
Smith, 97
Smock, 112
Smoke, 161
Smokes, 163
Snake, 117
Snow, 215
Soberness, 181
Soft fire, 81
Softly, 79
Soldier, 197
Soldiers, 132
Son, 28, 187
Sons-in-law, 114
Soon, 30, 82
Sore eye, 207
Sore-eyed, 121
Sores, old, 63
Sorrow, 55
Sour, 129
Sow, 34, 49, 189
Spain, 224, 225
Spaniard, 217, 223, 224
Spanish, 222
Speech, 168
Spoil, 98
Spoil a horn, 62, 86
Spoleto, 217
Spoon, 86
Spots, 121, 122
Sprat, 113
Spune, 62, 65
Squints, 10
Stable door, 63
Steal, 115
Steal a horse, 164, 217, 224
Stealing, 133, 194
Stop, 193
Sticking, 156
Sting, 117
Stinking fish, 108
Stockfish, 18
Stolen, 63, 93
Store, 75
Storm, 67
Stout, 49
Stout heart, 69
Stretch your arm, 62
Strike, 138
Stuarts, 101
Stupidity, 52
Sublime, 83
Summer, 214
Summers, 215
Sunday, 224
Supper, 76
Supperless, 196
Surety, 64
Swabian, 225
Sweet malt, 81
Swimmer, 123

Take-it-easy, 80
Tarry breeks, 50
Teeth, 16, 173
Tenterden steeple, 220
Tether, 145
Thanks, 197
Thief, 48, 116, 183, 194
Thieves, 24, 184
Think, 168
Tholes, 69
Thorn, 30
Thorns, 101
Threatened, 171, 172
Threats, 173
Three, 49
Threshold, 193
Thriftless, 76
Thunder, 215
Ties, 65
Tiles, 119
Time, 67, 69, 138, 139
Tippler, 128
Tired, 69
Tod, 106
To-day, 138, 145
Tod's hide, 183
Tom Noddy's, 178
Tongue, 16, 131, 169, 170, 173
To-morrow, 138, 145
Too dear, 95
Too many, 82, 154
Too much, 77, 79, 131
Tossed, 54
Toughest, 69
Traitors' bridge, 222
Transplanted, 69
Tree, 70
Treve, 106
Trust, 65, 107
Truth, 166
Tub, 105
Tumble, 54
Turn, 50
Turn one's back, 187
Tuscan, 223
Twig, 30
Two, 49
Two anchors, 154
Two faces, 133
Two heads, 159
Two parishes, 133
Two strings, 154
Two to one, 49

Ugly, 9, 10
Unhappy, 54, 146
Unknown, 62
Unlikely, 128
Unlucky, 183
Unmannerly, 40
Unwilling, 90
Use, 75, 96, 97

Venom, 35
Vicar of Bray, 134
Vicars, 130
Vine, 144
Vinegar, 81
Virtue, 202
Voluntary, 89

Wales, 222
Wall, 59
Walls, 180
Want, 75
Wants, 189
War, 151, 217
Wasp, 35
Waste, 75
Water, 59, 93, 100, 104, 129, 131, 144, 147, 182, 188
Waters, 129
Way, 89
Weakest, 59
Wed, 16, 20
Wedding, 24
Wee fire, 79
Welcome, 41
Well, a, 64
Wells, 100
Welsh, 216
Welshman, 216
West, 83
Wheelbarrow, 103
Whistle, 95
White flour, 35
Widow 18, 24
Wife, 2, 17-20, 22-24, 152
Wife's, 3, 7
Wight man, 89
Wilful, 93
Will, 89, 90, 139
Willing, 89, 115
Willing horse, 70
Wind, 56, 86, 174, 206
Winding-sheets, 54
Wine, 43, 175, 176, 181, 214
Winters, 215
Wise men, 197
Wist, 62
Wit, 75, 148, 181
Wives, 22
Wolf, 32, 70, 163, 169
Wolves, 99
Woman, 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 210
Women, 1-4, 6, 7, 10, 208
Woo, 17, 20
Wood, 142
Woodie, 182
Wooing, 21
Wool, 128
Words, 168, 172, 174, 181
Work, 82, 90
World, 58
Worst, 57, 172, 174, 181
Wren, 145
Write, 169
Wrong, 57
Wytes, 123

Yew bow, 68
Yorkshire, 217
Yorkshireman, 217
Young, 206
Youth, 29, 31
Yowl, 57

Zago, 219

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Variable spelling and hyphenation have been retained. Minor punctuation inconsistencies have been silently repaired.

Corrections.

The first line indicates the original, the second the correction.

p. 154

=The mouse that has but one hole is soon caught.=
=The mouse that has but one hole is soon caught.= (Latin)

p. 193

=Teh hardest step is over the threshold.=
=The hardest step is over the threshold.=

Footnote 362:

Der Weg zum Verderben est mit guten Vorsätzen gepflastert.
Der Weg zum Verderben ist mit guten Vorsätzen gepflastert.

Footnote 557:

Chi della serpa è punto, ha paura della lucertola.
Chi della serpe è punto, ha paura della lucertola.

Footnote 653:

Van dreigen sterft man niet.
Van dreigen sterft men niet.

Footnote 657:

Schiaffo minacciato, mai ben dato. Bofeton amagado, nunca bien dado.
Schiaffo minacciato, mai ben dato. Bofetón amagado, nunca bien dado.

Footnote 658:

Gato maublador nunca buen caçador.
Gato maullador nunca buen caçador.

End of Project Gutenberg's Proverbs of All Nations, by Walter Keating Kelly