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Middle English proverbs
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Proverbs from central England.
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A bad shearer never had a good syckle.
English equivalentː An ill workman quarrels with his tools.
von Düringsfield Ida von Düringsfield Otto Sprichwörter der germanishcen und romanischen Sprachen Vergleichend https://books.google.se/books?id=Xc9u8vj9CXsC&pg=PA152&dq=Wer+da+s%C3%A4t+,+der+hofft+zu+schneiden+wer+nicht+s%C3%A4t+,+der+wird+nicht+schneiden.&hl=sv&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj0qPSWpPf1AhXhSvEDHTN_BzMQ6AF6BAgEEAI#v=onepage&q=An%20ill%20workman%20quarrels%20with%20his%20tools%20.&f=false 1875 German II 184-185 329, Schreiber
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English proverbs
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