Sicilian proverbs

A sheep's wool sky means wind's to follow, either a Levant or a West wind or a Sirocco.

The first seeding on the feast of All Saints and the last on the feast of Saint Andrew.

The cockroach inside the oakum, the more it tries to free itself, the more it's caught.

While you still have bread, troubles are not troubles, true troubles are without bread.

Love, everyone says it's bitter, but everyone wants to see for themselves if it's true.

There isn't a Holy Week without the fifty days, nor the fifty days without the Sirocco.

Break the soil when it's moist, plow with the warm weather, and do the seeding on time.

One who believes everything he's told is as naive as one who fetches water with a sieve.

If the rich man is fawning over the poor man, you can be certain that he needs something.

Whoever seeds fava beans without using fertilizer, shouldn't count on having much to eat.

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