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A joke driven too far brings home hate.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about joke, hate, home

Grandma got run over by a reindeer

Grandma got run over by a reindeer
Walking home from our house Christmas eve.
You can say there's no such thing as Santa,
But as for me and Grandpa we believe.

She'd been drinking too much eggnog,...

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The night before Christmas

It was the night before Christmas and all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
In the hope that Saint Nicholas soon would be there....

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O come, O come, Emanuel

O come, O come, Emanuel, and ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here, until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice, rejoice! Emanuel shall come to thee, O Israel.

O come, Thou Rod of Jesse, free Thine own...

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The one who hasn't strength to pound yams pretends to drive away flies from the yams.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Smoke, floods, and a troublesome wife, are enough to drive a man out of his life.

Proverbs and old sayings French about smoke, wife, life, man

The same rain that drenches the slave also drenches the slave driver.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about rain

He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

There was a time they loved an accordionist, and now the time has come where they love a tractor driver.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian about time, love

Love entered and you didn't realize it: you wanted to drive it out but you couldn't.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about love

Smoke, a dripping roof, and a scolding wife, are enough to drive a man out of his life.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about smoke, wife, life, man

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