Proverb from Peru
Spanish
Cada corancho en su rancho.
Meaning
Everyone belongs in their own place and is master there. Arona compares it with the Spanish “cada mochuelo a su olivo” and calls it a “refrán indígena” meaning “cada gallo canta en su corral”.
Source
Juan de Arona, Diccionario de peruanismos (Lima, 1883), entry “Corancho”, on archive.org
A corancho is a kind of owl, Arona says. A rancho is a hut or simple country house.
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