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Proverbs



Gent' senza figl', né p' fuoch', né p' cunsigl'.
People without children, do not ask nor fire nor advice.

Gesù Crist' prima r' fac' e pò r'accocchia.
Jesus Christ first makes them and then they coupled.

Giuv'nott' 'm'brugliat' matassa, o v' n'zurat' o paat' la tassa.
Young men cheat cards, or you get married or pay the tax.

Gran' a la Puglia, fil'cij a la mundagna.
Wheat in Apulia, fern to the mountain.

Gran' vind', turnis quaranta, ropp' la risa ven' lu chiand'.
Grain twenty, forty cents, after the laughter comes the tears.