European (Proverbs and Sayings)

European Sites:

Qwiel Maltin: Maltese Proverbs Qwiel Maltin: Maltese Proverbs: Proverbs in Maltese with English translation. (European) http://www.aboutmalta.com/grazio/qwiel2.html Dictionary of Proverbs and Sayings Dictionary of Proverbs and Sayings: Presentation of the English/Spanish "Dictionary of Proverbs and Sayings" with sample pages. (European) http://www.proverbios.com/ Irish Proverbs Irish Proverbs: Wit and wisdom of the Irish, listed alphabetically. (European) http://www.irishabroad.com/Culture/proverbs/ Finnish Proverbs and Poems Finnish Proverbs and Poems: Small collection of Finnish proverbs, with a poem by Tommy Tabermann (in Finnish and English). (European) http://jdmoncada.tripod.com/finn/runot.html About.com: Spanish Proverbs - Refranes About.com: Spanish Proverbs - Refranes: Weekly proverb in Spanish with explanation, sound file, and equivalent in English. (European) http://spanishculture.about.com/library/proverbs/blproverbs.htm LearningRussian.com: Proverbs & Sayings LearningRussian.com: Proverbs & Sayings: English proverbs and sayings alongside with their Russian equivalent(s). (European) http://learningrussian.com/phrasearc.htm A Cognitive Approach to Some Basque Proverbs of the 16th and 19th Centuries A Cognitive Approach to Some Basque Proverbs of the 16th and 19th Centuries: Text of a talk by Koldo J. Garai. (European) http://ibs.lgu.ac.uk/sympo/KOLDO.PDF English-Romanian Dictionary of Equivalent Proverbs English-Romanian Dictionary of Equivalent Proverbs: Features more than 1400 English proverbs and their Romanian equivalents. (European) http://www.deproverbio.com/DPbooks/EROM/dictionary.html Greek Spider: Greek Proverbs Greek Spider: Greek Proverbs: Fifteen Greek proverbs with explanations (in English). (European) http://www.greekspider.com/greek_sayings/ Portuguese Idioms Literally Translated Portuguese Idioms Literally Translated: Compiled, translated, and explained in English by Tágide Crista. (European) http://www.tagide.com/pt-idioms.html Lituanus: Folk Wit in Proverbs and Riddles Lituanus: Folk Wit in Proverbs and Riddles: Small selection of Lithuanian proverbs and riddles with explanations. (European) http://www.lituanus.org/1999/99_1_04.htm Hungarian Proverbs and Sayings Hungarian Proverbs and Sayings: Small number of proverbs related to the history and the cultural past of Hungary (in English). (European) http://www.bajabela.sulinet.hu/tubi/iearn/1998/proverbs.htm János Baranyai Decsi and his Adagia János Baranyai Decsi and his Adagia: Article by Gyula Paczolay, University of Veszprém, on the first Hungarian proverb collection (1598). (European) http://www.mek.iif.hu/porta/szint/tarsad/nyelvtud/adagia/adagia.htm Buber's Basque Page: Esaera Zaharrak Buber's Basque Page: Esaera Zaharrak: Almost 300 Basque proverbs, with English translations and comments by Jon Aske. (European) http://www.buber.net/Basque/Euskara/proverb.html A Collection of Scotch Proverbs A Collection of Scotch Proverbs: Plagarized from David Fergusson by Pappity Stampoy (1663), with an introduction by Archer Taylor. (European) http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/docs/books/gutenberg/etext04/scprv10.txt Best of Sicily - Sicilian Proverbs Best of Sicily - Sicilian Proverbs: Small collection of Sicilian proverbs in English translation. (European) http://www.bestofsicily.com/proverbs.htm Italian Proverbs Italian Proverbs: Push the button for Italian proverbs with English translation and equivalent. (European) http://www.montepescali.com/proverbs-button.html Famous Sicilian Proverbs & Expressions Famous Sicilian Proverbs & Expressions: Small collection in Sicilian, with English literal translation and idiom. (European) http://www.sicilianculture.com/dialect/proverbs.htm French Proverbs from 1611 French Proverbs from 1611: Categorized list of some 1500 French proverbs with English translations from Randle Cotgraves' 1611 "A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues." (European) http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/proverbs/ Proverbs and Sayings Proverbs and Sayings: Bulgarian proverbs in English literal translation. (European) http://www.omda.bg/engl/ethnography/pogovorki.html Proverbs du jour Proverbs du jour: Thirty five Dutch proverbs and their English translation. (European) http://home1.gte.net/bruggink/sayings.html 750 Magyar Közmondás - 750 Hungarian Proverbs 750 Magyar Közmondás - 750 Hungarian Proverbs: Book by Paczolay Gyula, presenting Hungarian proverbs with their English translations. (European) http://mek.oszk.hu/00200/00242/ Cracow's Yiddish Page Cracow's Yiddish Page: Yiddish proverbs with Polish and English translations, and presentation of the book "Yiddish and Polish Proverbs", by Magdalena Sitarz, Jagiellonian University. (European) http://www.cyf-kr.edu.pl/~ufsitarz/unyidd.htm Sicilan Proverbs Sicilan Proverbs: More than a 1000 Sicilian proverbs with English translations, extracted from Guiseppe Pitrè's collection. (European) http://dieli.net/SicilyPage/Proverbs/proverbs.html Russian Proverbs and Sayings Russian Proverbs and Sayings: Supplied from "A Book of English and Russian Proverbs and Sayings" by M. Dubrovin (in English, with explanations). (European) http://www.friends-partners.org/friends/culture/literature/russian-proverbs.html Greek Proverbs Greek Proverbs: Book presentation with three sample pages of ancient Greek proverbs and phrases. (European) http://www.appletree.ie/projects/grkprov/grkprov.htm Russian Proverbs Russian Proverbs: Small collection compiled by William H. Timmins (in English). (European) http://wtimmins.tripod.com/lore/russianproverbs.html