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It's no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted.

He who has a good horse in his stable may go on foot.

It's too late to close the stable door after the horse has escaped.

It is too late to shut the stable-door after the horse has bolted.

First the stable, then the cow.

In a rickety stable the cow produces no milk.

Quhen the Steed is stoon, steik the stable-door.

When the steed's stown lock the stable door.

For a cow and a calf you need a man and a stable boy.

When the steed is stolen, you shut the stable door.

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,...

Mary's boy child

Long time ago in Bethlehem,
So the Holy Bible say,
Mary's boy child, Jesus Christ,
Was born on Christmas Day.
Hark, now hear the angels sing,
A new King born today.
And man will live forevermore
Because of...

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,...

Come, Ye Lofty

Come ye lofty, come ye lowly
Let your songs of gladness ring;
In a stable lies the Holy,
In a manger rests the King:
See in Mary s arms reposing
Christ by highest heaven adored:
Come, your circle round Him closing,...

Cradled in a Manger meanly

Cradled in a manger, meanly,
Laid the Son of Man His head;
Sleeping His first earthly slumber
Where the oxen had been fed.
Happy were those shepherds listening
To the holy angel s word;
Happy they within...

The Manger Throne

Like silver lamps in a distant shrine,
The stars are sparkling bright
The bells of the city of God ring out,
For the Son of Mary is born to-night.
The gloom is past
And the morn at last
Is coming with orient light....

He that seeks a horse or a wife without fault, has neither steed in his stable nor angel in his bed.

An able horse will never come back to feed in the same stable.

His horse's head is too big, it cannot get out of the stable.