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Hush, brideswoman, I knew all that before.

I left what I knew for what I heard praised, and repented.

To be like the esquire of Guadalaxara, who knew nothing in the morning of what he said at night.

If the young knew and the old could, there is nothing that couldn't be done.

If the bald man knew a remedy he would rub it on his own head.

If one soldier knew what the other thinks, there would be no war.

Frosty the snowman:

Frosty the Snowman, was a jolly happy soul,
With a corn cobbed pipe and a button nose, and two eyes made out of coal.
Frosty the Snowman, is a fairy tale they say; he was made of snow but the children know, how he came...

Horse cure spell

Phol (another name for Balder) and Odin were riding together when the horse of Balder dislocates its foot. Odin is saying as a result: "Bone to bone, blood to blood, limb to limb, as if they were glued". There are some images...

The night before Christmas

It was the night before Christmas and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
In the hope that Saint Nicholas soon would be there....

Once in Royal David's City

Once in Royal David's city
Stood a lowly cattle shed
Where a mother laid her Baby
In a manger for His bed;
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ her little Child

He came down to earth from Heaven
Who is...

Once in Royal Davids city

Once in royal Davids city,
Stood a lowly cattle shed,
Where a mother laid her Baby,
In a manger for His bed:
Mary was that mother mild,
Jesus Christ, her little Child.

He came down to earth from heaven,...

A Boy Is Born in Bethlehem

A Boy is Born in Bethlehem!
Allelujah! Allelujah!
And joy is in Jerusalem,
Allelujah! Allelujah!

And there He lay in manger poor,
Allelujah! Allelujah!
Whose rein shall last for ever-more,
Allelujah!...

He will never worship well the image on the altar who knew it when it was a trunk of wood in the garden.