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Sweet things are bad for the teeth.

Proverbs and old sayings British about things, bad luck, bad

Sweet is the wine but sour is the payment.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about wine

Sweet and sour walk hand in hand.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Sweetness attracts more flies than sourness.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Sweet are the uses of adversity.

Proverbs and old sayings British

Sweet song has betrayed many.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Sweet wine makes sour vinegar.

Proverbs and old sayings German about wine

Sweet is the memory of past labor.

Proverbs and old sayings Greek about memory, past

Sweet tongues buy horses on credit.

Proverbs and old sayings about commerce

Sweet is the smell from your own ass.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic

Sweet is the voice of the man who has wealth.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about voice, wealth, man

Sweet meat requires sour sauce.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Sweet is war to those who have never experienced it.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about war

Sweet are the tears that are dried by your loved one.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about tears

Sweet sings each bird in his own grove.

Proverbs and old sayings

Sweet rice is eaten quickly.

Proverbs and old sayings

The Holly and the Ivy

The holly and the ivy,
When they are both full grown
Of all the trees that are in the wood
The holly bears the crown
O the rising of the sun
And the running of the deer
The playing of the merry organ
Sweet singing...

Carols

Home sweet home:

Mid pleasures and palaces
Though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble,
There's no place like home.
A charm from the skies
Seems to hallow us there,
Which seek thro' the world,
Is ne'er met with elsewhere.
Home,...

Traditional Songs

Swing low, sweet chariot:

Swing low, sweet chariot, comin' for to carry me home;
Swing low, sweet chariot, comin' for to carry me home.

I looked over Jordan, and what did I see,
Comin' for to carry me home;
A band of angels coming...

Traditional Songs

Carol of the bells

Hark, how the bells, sweet silver bells,
All seem to say, Throw cares away.
Christmas is here, bringing good cheer
To one and old, meek and the bold.
Ding, dong, ding-dong, that is their song,
With joyful ring, all...

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