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Calabria, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Old Age -- by Region -- Calabria
o in Italian: (Dialect) A vejcchiaja e na malatia brutta.
o in English: Old age is an ugly disease.
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Calabria, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Old Age -- by Region -- Calabria
o in Italian: (Dialect) A vejcchiaja e nu pettinu chi passa tutti pari.
o in English: Old age is like a comb -- everyone will pass through it.
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Calabria, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Old Age -- by Region -- Calabria
o in Italian: (Dialect) Quandu veni u nd'hai beni, o mori o peri.
o in English: (Literally) When you start to feel good, death is near by. (Meaning: By the time you are financially secure, death is around the corner. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The Library of Congress
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Calabria, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Old Age -- by Region -- Calabria
o in Italian: (Dialect) Na mammma e nu patri cuvernunu centu fijgghi ma centu fijgghi non cuvernunu na mamma e nu patri.
o in English: A mother and father can take care of 100 children but 100 children cannot take care of their mother and father.
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Aging -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italian: (Dialect) Nun c'e femmena senza amore, un c'e viecchio senza dulore.
o in English: One isn't a woman without (experiencing) love, one isn't an old person without (experiencing) pain.
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Old Age -- by Region -- Campania
Naples, Campania
o in Italian (Dialect): Doppo 'e quaranti' anne nun s'addimanda chiu "Cumme staje?" may "Cumme te sienti?"
o in English: (Literally): After you are 40 years old, one doesn't ask "How are you?" but rather "How are you feeling?" (Meaning) When you are over 40 years old people shouldn't be asking you "How are you?" but rather, "Tell me what's wrong with you?"
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Aging -- Old Women -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italian: (Dialect) La vecchia chiu steva e chiu se 'imparava.
o in English: The old woman who sticks around is the one who learns (what is going on).
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Aging by Region -- Campania
o in Italian: (Dialect) Hai fatto bona gioventu e male vecchiaia.
o in English: (Literally) Had a good youth and a bad old age. (Equivalent) When he was young, he lived well, but when he got old, he was miserable.
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Aging -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italian: (Dialect) Ogne bella scarpa addiventa 'nu scarpone.
o in English: (Literally) Every beautiful pair of shoes ends up as old footwear. (Meaning) Women are beautiful when they're young, but then, like shoes, after they've been worn for too long, they're no good any more.
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Emilia Romagna, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Aging -- by Region -- Emilia Romagna
o in Italian (Dialect): A paser j ani, pasa al morben.
o in English: With the passage of years, the madness passes. (Meaning) With age comes wisdom. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The Library of Congress #3b52525r
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