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One WHITE foot, buy him; two white feet, try him; three white feet, look well about him; four white feet, go without him
A horse-dealing proverb.
1882
Notes & Queries
6th Ser. V. 427
One white foot—buy him. Two white feet—try him. Three white feet—look well about him. Four white feet—go without him.
1957
Folklore of Maine
iv.
One white foot, buy him. Three white feet, try him. Three white feet, deny him. Four white feet and a slip in his nose, take him out and feed him to the crows.
buying and selling
;
horse lore
1882Notes & Queries
6th Ser. V. 427
One white foot—buy him. Two white feet—try him. Three white feet—look well about him. Four white feet—go without him.
1957
Folklore of Maine
iv.
One white foot, buy him. Three white feet, try him. Three white feet, deny him. Four white feet and a slip in his nose, take him out and feed him to the crows.
buying and selling;
horse lore
white
wife
see
a BLIND man's wife needs no paint
;
CAESAR'S wife must be above suspicion
;
a DEAF husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple
;
if you would be HAPPY for a week take a wife
;
the HUSBAND is always the last to know
;
my SON is my son till he gets him a wife, but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life
;
he that will THRIVE must first ask his wife
.
a BLIND man's wife needs no paint
;
CAESAR'S wife must be above suspicion
;
a DEAF husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple
;
if you would be HAPPY for a week take a wife
;
the HUSBAND is always the last to know
;
my SON is my son till he gets him a wife, but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life
;
he that will THRIVE must first ask his wife
.
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