| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Hedge |
| | | A low hedge is easily leaped over. | 1 |
| Better shelter under an old hedge than a young furze bush. | 2 |
| Hedges have eyes and walls have ears. | 3 |
| Hedges have no eyes but they have ears. Italian. | 4 |
| It is good sheltering under an old hedge. | 5 |
| One briar does not make a hedge. Italian. | 6 |
| The figs on the far side of the hedge are sweeter. Servian. | 7 |
| Where the hedge is lowest every one goes over. Italian, German, Dutch. | 8 |
| Where the hedge is lowest, the devil leaps over. German. | 9 | | |
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