Search in folklore: drives

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Needs must when the devil drives

Proverbs and old sayings British about devil, old, olderness

If passion drives, let reason hold the reins.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about reason, americans

Ye ca' hardest at the nail that drives fastest.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Hunger drives the wolf from its den.

Proverbs and old sayings about hunger

He drives a good waggonful into his farm who gets a good wife.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about wife, good, good luck

One nail drives in another.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Good drink drives out bad thoughts.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about drinking, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Hunger drives the wolf out of the wood.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about hunger

One nail drives out another.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Hunger drives the wolf out of the woods.

Proverbs and old sayings English about hunger

The frost drives the pig home.

Proverbs and old sayings Finnish about home

Good watching drives away ill-luck.

Proverbs and old sayings French about good luck, bad luck, good

He who wishes to make a golden door drives a nail into it every day.

Proverbs and old sayings French about day

One wedge drives another.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Bad money drives out good.

Proverbs and old sayings German about money, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

Water is the strongest drink; it drives mills.

Proverbs and old sayings German about drinking, water

Headman Simon drives the horse.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

He drives the water to the mill of somebody.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about water

One first drives off the fox, before taking the chickens home and blaming them for straying.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about home

Hunger drives good taste away.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about hunger, good, good luck