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Marche, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverbs or Folk Sayings on Sickness & Health -- Mental Health -- Unhappiness -- by Region
o in Italian: (Dialect) Chi mar vie mar more.
o in English: Who lives badly, dies badly.
o in Italian: (Dialect) Uno solo no sta ben gnanca in paradiso.
o in English: Being alone is not good even in Paradise. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The Library of Congress #01513r
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Marche, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Health -- by Region -- Marche
o in Italian: (Dialect) Quello che no strozza, ngrassa.
o in English: (Literally) What does not kill you, makes you fat. (Equivalent) What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The Library of Congress #3b06694r
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Marche, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Sickness & Health -- Mental Health -- Happiness -- by Region -- Marche
o in Italian: (Dialect) Campu lu jornu, campalu vonu.
o in English: One lives well, day by day. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The Library of Congress #3a01364r
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Marche, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Health -- Diseases -- by Region -- Marche
o in Italian: (Dialect) Le tre "C" pericolose per li vecchj: cascata, catarru e cacarella.
o in English: The three "Cs" dangerous to the old are: falling, catarrh (respiratory inflamation) and diarrhea.
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Marche, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Health -- Mental Health -- Aging -- by Region -- Marche
o in Italian:(Dialect) Fina a quaranta se ride e se canta.
o in English: Up to the [age] of forty one laughs and one sings.
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Marche, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverbs or Folk Sayings on Sickness and Health -- Preventive Medicine -- by Region -- Marche
o in Italian: Chi mangia dolce caca amaro.
o in English: (Literally) Who eats sweets, has bitter shit. (Meaning, sarcastic) He who eats well, shits badly. Or, Those who have money to eat well, end up with health problems. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The Library of Congress #3a11688r
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Molise, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverbs or Folk Sayings on Doctors (Negative) -- by Region -- Molise
Casacalenda, Molise*
o in Italian (Dialect): E megliee n'asene vive che nu miedeche muorte.
o in English: (Literally) A live donkey is better than a dead doctor. (Meaning) Owning property does more for your health than having an incompetent doctor.
o in Italian (Dialect) 'Ndo trasci 'u sole ne trasci' u dottore.
o in English: Where the sun enters, the doctor does not enter.
o in Italian: Vista di dottore.
o in English: (Literally) A doctor's visit. (Meaning) Our guest was in such a hurry to leave he came and left. Or our guest came and went as fast as a doctor would have.
*Contributed by Antonio (Tony) Fantillo
o in Italian: (Dialect) Miedeche pietuse fa il piaghe vermenuse.
o in English: (Literally) The doctor may have infected the wound. (Meaning) The doctor might have made the situation worse. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The Library of Congress #3b32570r
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Molise, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Folk Sayings or Proverbs on Health -- Diseases -- Diarrhea
o in Italian: (Dialect) Quand' tie la cacarella avoglia a stregn' i cul.
o in English: (Literally) When you have diarrhea you have to tighten your ass. (Meaning) If you are over-extending yourself, tighten your belt. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The Library of Congress #3b25885r
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Molise, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverbs or Folk Sayings on Sickness and Health -- Preventive Medicine -- by Region -- Molise
o in Italian: Chi mangia bene, vive bene.
o in English: Who eats well, lives well.
o in Italian: (Dialect) Chi magne chemmatte c'a morte.
o in English: (Literally) Who eats delays dying.
o in Italian: (Dialect) Chi je pahure dell'acque, ne jesse 'nu mare.
o in English: (Literally) He who is afraid of water, will not go to the sea. (Meaning) If you're fearful, you'll never get anywhere.
o in Italian: (Dialect) Chi cammine lecche; chi sta ferme secche.
o in English: (Literally) Who walks licks; who stands still dries up. (Meaning) Who makes things happen is a winner, who does nothing is a loser.
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Piedmont, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Folk Sayings or Proverbs on Doctors (Negative) -- by Region -- Piedmont
o in Italian: (Dialect) A val pusse n'aso a ca soa che un dotor a ca d'j'ait.
o in English: A donkey in one's own house has more value than a doctor that is in someone else's house.
o in Italian: (Dialect) Mei un ratt in mezz a dui ghett, che un malavi in mezz a dui dutoor.
o in English: (Literally) Better a mouse between two cats, than a sick person in the midst of two doctors. (Meaning) Doctors forever argue over a patient's diagnosis. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The Library of Congress #3a06881r
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