Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Caper

The weather is so foul, not even a caper would venture out. A Manx proverb. A caper is a fisherman of Cape Clear in Ireland, who will venture out in almost any weather.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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