John Clare's proverbs

An universal etymological English dictionary

Nathan Bailey

1721

Remaines concerning Britain

William Camden

1605

The MacMillan Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Famous Phrases (Formerly Entitled the Home Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Familiar Phrases)

Burton Egbert Stevenson

1948

English proverbs explained

Ronald Ridout

1967

John Ploughman's pictures

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

1880

A provincial glossary

Francis Grose

1787

A hand-book of proverbs

Henry George Bohn

1855

Arabic Proverbs

John Lewis Burckhardt

1875