Nesoch eo ilin eget dorn ► The elbow is nearer than the hand (One give — Breton proverbs

"Betek-henn neman ket ar mod / Ech a ar plach da glask ar paotr ► Until now the custom is not that the girl looks for the boy"

"Neus born ebet er vered ► There is no one-eyed person in the cemetery"

"Dre balat sonn / Ez a ar chlaz don ► Deep turning over: deep greenery"

"Neo ket gant bokedoù / E larta an hoch en e graou ► It is not on flowers that the pig fattens up in its shed"

"Neo ket mat hadan rabez war ar chresk loar ► Dont sow turnips on a rising moon"

"Pa sav al loar a-barzh an noz / Had ar panez antronoz ► When the moon rises to the north, sow parsnips the day after"