| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Corn |
| | | Corn him well, he’ll work the better. | 1 |
| Corn in good years is hay, in ill years straw is corn. | 2 |
| Corn is not good to be gathered in the blade but in the ear. | 3 |
| He has eaten his corn in the blade. French. | 4 |
| Much corn lies under the straw that is not seen. | 5 |
| No corn without chaff. Dutch. | 6 |
| The corn falls out of a shaken sheaf. French. | 7 |
| There is plenty of corn in Castile but he who has none starves. Portuguese. | 8 |
| Very good corn grows in little fields. French. | 9 | | |
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