F’Jannar il-ġidra agħtiha l-ħmar!
Proverb: In January give the turnip to the donkey!
F’San Silvestru ġedded il-kappestru
Proverb: On the feast day of Saint Silvester (31st December) renew the (donkey’s) halter.
F’Ħadd il-bluh ix-xita tibda tfuħ
F’Ħadd il-bluh ix-xita tibda tfuħ
Fellus ta’ Lulju jagħtik bajda f’San Pupulju
A chick that hatches in July will lay an egg by the feast of St. Publius (following April).
Fi Frar il-kaboċċa agħtiha l-ħmar!
Proverb: In February, feed the cabbage to the donkey.
Fi żmien il-fjuri l-għomma tibda turi.
Proverb: ‘When the flowers start to bloom, the heat starts to increase.’
Frar Fawwar jimla l-bjar.
Proverb: February rains will overflow the wells.
Is-sajf f’Jannar, għana tal-fqir u tal-bidwi.
Proverb: Warm weather in January is contentment for the poor man and the farmer.
Is-sajf kapott tal-fqir!
Proverb: ‘Summer is the poor man’s coat.’
Iż-żara’ f’ta’ Katrini jrodd it-tgħam bla fini
Proverb: Crops planted around St. Catherine’s day will yield a bountiful harvest.
Iż-żmien lil ħadd ma jsellem, jgħaddi ħiemed bla jitkellem!
Proverb: ‘Time greets nobody, it passes silently by without the word.’
Jannar Bardàn, l-art għerja jlibbisha u l-art liebsa jneżżagħha
Proverb: January is cold, he clothes the barren land and disrobes the clothed land.
La titlobx xita f’Jannar!
Proverb: Do not pray for rain in January.
Marret is-sena, u l-ġdida għoddha mibdija, Niżżuħajr ‘l Alla u lil kulħadd kbira tħennija.
Proverb: The year is over and a new one is upon us, let us praise God and augur his great mercy on everyone.
Marzu Marzellu, aħraq il-moxt u r-rixtellu!
Marzu Marzellu, aħraq il-moxt u r-rixtellu!
Meta Jannar tarah lewliemi ma tarax il-bidwi hieni.
Proverb: ‘When January is watery, the farmer won’t be happy’.
Meta jidħol Ġunju, tqallibx l-art bil-moħriet, biex il-grass tagħha, ix-xemx ma teħodulhiex.
Proverb: when June sets in, do not use the plough to till the earth, so that the sun will not dry the undersoil.
Nhar ta’ Ħamis, meta x-xemx tinżel ġo xkora, ittenna l-Maltemp
Proverb: On Thursdays, when the sun disappears into a sack, expect stormy weather.
Twelid fl-ewwel ta’ Jannar hu mfakkar minn kull kampnar.
Proverb: ‘A birth on the first of January is proclaimed from every church steeple.’
Ħrug Marzu u dħul April, xita karru deheb fin!
Proverb: ‘Rain that falls between the end of March and early April, is worth a wagon of fine gold’