| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | House-keeping |
| | | A noble house-keeper needs no doors. | 1 |
| A sensible house-keeper begins to sweep her stairs from the top. German. | 2 |
| Fat house-keepers make lean executors. | 3 |
| House-keeping has a wide mouth. German. | 4 |
| House-keeping without a housewife is a lantern without a light. German. | 5 |
| I mistress and you miss, who is to sweep the house? Spanish. | 6 |
| “Sweetheart” and “honey bird” keeps no house. | 7 |
| The day I did not make my toilet there came one I did not expect. Spanish. | 8 |
| The day I did not sweep my house there came to it one I did not expect. Spanish. | 9 |
| There are mae married than gude house-haunders. | 10 | | |
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