Sicilian proverbs

Prune the vines on the January moon if you want to fill the casks.

Only he knows how to command, who knows the one who is commanding.

Where there are monks and priests, there is adultery and beatings.

January chicks fill the hen house, August chicks fill the baskets.

In January you slaughter the lambs in February you work the skins.

When they give you a piglet, run there quickly with a little cord.

Putting hope in a monk, is like trying to catch the wind in a net.

Not all the red-faced are drunkards nor all the yellow-faced sick.

Olives harvested with a heavy staff will produce poor tasting oil.

The fresh air from the square is better than a draft from a crack.

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