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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,...

Bring a torch

Bring a torch, Jeannette, Isabella,
Bring a torch, come hurry and run.
It is Jesus, good folk of the village,
Christ is born, and Mary's calling, Ah! Ah!
Beautiful is the Mother. Ah! Ah!
Beautiful is her Son.

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The cock belongs to one household, but when it crows it is heard in the whole village.

On entering a country, ask what is forbidden, on entering a village, ask what are the customs, on entering a private house, ask what should not be mentioned.

Going into a country the first time, ask what is forbidden; on entering a village, ask what are the customs; on entering a private house, ask what should not be mentioned.

It is easier to transport a termite hill than have authority in a village.

The words are fair, said the wolf, but I will not come into the village.

Don't snap your fingers at the dogs before you are out of the village.

Your words are fair, said the wolf, but I will not come into the village.

A fly, a harlot, a beggar, a rat, and gusty wind; the village-boss and the tax collector - these seven are always annoying to others.

Disease and disasters come and go like rain, but health is like the sun that illuminates the entire village.

Slowly but surely the excrement of foreign poets will come to your village.

It is easier to transport an ant hill than exercise authority in a village.

For our sins God has created three enemies for us: mice in the house, the fox in the mountains, and a priest in our village.