Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Corn

Corn him well, he’ll work the better.

Corn in good years is hay, in ill years straw is corn.

Corn is not good to be gathered in the blade but in the ear.

He has eaten his corn in the blade.French.

Much corn lies under the straw that is not seen.

No corn without chaff.Dutch.

The corn falls out of a shaken sheaf.French.

There is plenty of corn in Castile but he who has none starves.Portuguese.

Very good corn grows in little fields.French.