Creative Proverbs from Sicilian*

Creative Proverbs from the...
Sicilian* Culture
(* denotes a culture rather than a country)

Background: Sicily is an island of Italy, the largest and one of the most densely populated in the Mediterranean Sea. Together with the Egadi, Lipari, Pelagie, and Panteleria islands, Sicily forms an autonomous region of Italy. It lies about 100 miles (160 km) northeast of Tunisia (northern Africa). The island is separated from the mainland by the Strait of Messina (2 miles [3 km] wide in the north and 10 miles [16 km] wide in the South). The capital is Palermo.

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Proverbs from the Sicilian* Culture

	We keep an eye on the scorpion and the serpent, but we do not watch out for the millipede.
	The war is lost for too much advice.
	You can't have meat without the bone.
	A person eating must make crumbs.
	The barking of dogs does not reach heaven.

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