| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Gallows |
| | | All criminals turn preachers when they are under the gallows. Italian, Dutch. | 1 |
| Either towards the country or towards the gallows. Turkish. | 2 |
| No armor is proof against the gallows. | 3 |
| Talk as you go, husband, to the gallows. Spanish. | 4 |
| The gallows takes its own. Spanish. | 5 |
| The gallows will have its own at last. | 6 |
| The gallows was made for the unlucky. Italian, Spanish. | 7 |
| To parade the gallows before the town. Spanish. | 8 |
| To show the gallows before they show the town. Spanish. | 9 |
| Two can lie the third to the gallows. German. | 10 |
| We must eat and drink though every tree were a gallows. German, Dutch. | 11 |
| What belongs to the gallows does not drown. Dutch. | 12 |
| When every one gets his own, you’ll get the gallows. | 13 |
| You’ll ride on a horse that was foaled of an acorn; i.e., the gallows. | 14 | | |
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