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It is easy to work with a good comb, said the devil, when he combed his mother's hair with a pitchfork.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about work, mother, devil, good, good luck

There are three things from which no good can be got without a beating: a walnut-tree, a donkey, and a shrew.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about things, good, good luck
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