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On April 8th, the cuckoo's call must be heard. If it isn't, either the cuckoo is dead or is going to die.
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A father and mother can raise ten children. But ten children aren't enough to keep a father and a mother.
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If everyone's misfortunes were seen by all in broad daylight, in the end people would take back their own.
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Pray for those who are born into good families, for those born into bad families always manage to succeed.
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If there's thunder at Capu di Staghju, leave the wheat outside. If there's thunder at Capu di Muru, put it in a safe place.
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Candlemas, Candlemas, whether windy or rainy, winter has ended. And if the weather is good, winter will last another thirty days.
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When the cuckoo sings, the wild boar loses its old coat, and the hen lays an egg without a false nest. And the ram's horns round out - he looks like a general.
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March, mean, son of an ogre! You've taken all my suckling lambs and left only one weaned lamb. - Oh April, my brother, give me two days, because alone, I don't have them.
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