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Sayings about crowing

Cocks crow, dogs bark.
This all men know.
But even the wisest cannot tell
Why cocks crow.
The cock does crow to let us know,
If we be wise ‘tis time to rise.
The cock crows but the hen goes.
When the cock crowed the fox knew.
Every time a cock crows someone is telling a lie.
The cock often crows without a victory.
The cock crows because the sun won’t rise otherwise
Cocks crow because the hens can’t tell the time.
He crows because he’s feeling cocky.
Crowing is the cock’s way of doodling.
The cock shuts his eyes when he crows, because he knows his song by heart.
The young cock crows like the old one.
It’s a sad house where the hen crows louder than the cock.
Better a laying hen than a lying crower.
It’s a very ill cock that will not crow before he is old.
If you are in the henhouse you needn’t crow.
Don’t try and teach an old cock to crow.
A cock crows because he’s getting his own back for coq au vin.