Proverbs and English sayings

A black hen lays a white egg

Scientist proved that eggshell color is influenced by genetics and is not related to feather color. The proverb can be used having several different meanings.

Examples

“Because if what you are going after is an egg, the important thing is to get the egg, isn’t it? You certainly can’t get the egg if you stand with your finger in your mouth all day, trying to figure out why a black hen — which ought to lay a black egg — lays a white egg, can you? While you are standing there sucking your finger some up-and-coming fellow who don’t give a hang why black hens lay white eggs will dash in and grab the egg and be home and eating an omelette before you know what has happened. It seemed to me, when I read that motto, that the whole spirit of success was in it.”

“TITLE: A Black Hen Lays a White Egg
AUTHOR: C.H. Spurgeon
EXCERPT: “Out of evil comes good, through the great goodness of God. From threatening clouds we get refreshing showers; in dark mines men find bright jewels: and so from our worst troubles come our best blessings.”

Similar English and Irish sayings:

• Two blacks do not make a white Two blacks do not make a white
• A black plum is as sweet as a white A black plum is as sweet as a white
• Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs Kill not the goose that lays the golden eggs