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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,...

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas,
Only a hippopotamus will do.
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy,
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy.
I want a hippopotamus for Christmas.
I don't...

When rain beats on a leopard it wets it, but rain does not wash out its spots.

If there are many buyers in the market, the merchant doesn't wash his turnips.

If someone isn't handsome by nature, it's useless for them to wash over and over again.

A slave boy is blamed no matter what he does: If he does not wash his hands, he is accused of being dirty. If he washes his hands, he is accused of wasting water.

As numerous as the leaves of the oak, or the waves which wash the island.

A man who lives on the bank of a river does not use spittle to wash his hands.