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The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food.

Proverbs and old sayings about food, wealth, money

What one won't eat by itself, one will eat when mixed with other food.

Proverbs and old sayings Bantu about food

The conversation of the wise concerns ideas; that of the intelligent is about ideas; the common folk talk about food.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about conversation, common sense, food

No matter how high a bird can fly, it still has to look for food on the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about food

Bird never flew so high but it had to come to the ground for food.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about food

A bird never flew so high but it had to come to the ground for food.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about food

If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter.

Proverbs and old sayings about food, man, contentment

The goat says: Where there is blood, there is plenty of food.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about blood, food

The grasshopper which is always near its mother eats the best food.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about food, mother

Nature gave us two cheeks instead of one to make it easier to eat hot food.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about nature, food

It is not good for all our wishes to be filled; through sickness we recognize the value of health; through evil, the value of good; through hunger, the value of food; through exertion, the value of rest.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about value, hunger, rest, food, good, good luck

Kyoto people ruin themselves for clothing. osaka people for food.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about people, food

When someone is really hungry, then there is no such thing as bad food.

Proverbs and old sayings Japanese about food, things, bad luck, bad

Three things give us hardy strength: sleeping on hairy mattresses, breathing cold air, and eating dry food.

Proverbs and old sayings Welsh about air, food, things

Christmas traditions and superstitions

In many romanian villages, in Christmas Eve, exists the tradition to smear the cattles and stables with garlic to keep away the bad spiritis. The people are smeared as well with garlic on the forehead,...

Traditions and superstitions Romanian