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Holstein Anglia proverbs
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Anglia is a region in the northern most peninsuela of Germany bordering to Denmark. Here a variant of Holsteinisch is spoken, which is a Northern Low Saxon dialect.
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'De sind sur, sæ de Foss um de Vindruven, då konn he se nig krigen.
English equivalent: The fox, when he cannot reach the grapes, says they are not ripe.
von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.com/books?id=iNNmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA262 II 1875 German 262–263 473, Trauben
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Nå Regen folgt Sonnenschin.
English equivalent: After rain comes fair weather.
von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.com/books?id=iNNmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA140 II 1875 German 140 251, Regen
Nåher sind vi Alle klok.
English equivalent: If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.
von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.com/books?id=iNNmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA130 II 1875 German 130 234, Rath
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Venn et regent för de Prester, so dryppt et för de Köster.
von Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend https://books.google.com/books?id=AAcJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA141 II 1875 German 141 252
See Also
German proverbs
Category: Proverbs by language