Search in folklore: elbow

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Elbow grease is the best polish.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Elbow-grease is a great preventative of disease.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Sorrow for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.

Proverbs and old sayings English about pain, husband, sadness

Never let a handshake pass the elbow.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

The devil is always at the elbow of an idle man.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about devil, americans, man

If you have a sore eye wipe it with your elbow.

Proverbs and old sayings French

Never rub your eye with anything but your elbow.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish

Never rub your eye but with your elbow.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian

Wipe your sore eye with your elbow.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

The elbow is near, but try and bite it.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Your elbow is near but you can't bite it.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian

Grief for a husband is like a pain in the elbow, sharp and short.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about sadness, pain, husband

Wipe your eye with your elbow.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Good luck makes its way in by elbowing.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish about good luck, bad luck, good

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,...

Traditions and superstitions Romanian

If you dip your arm into the picklepot let it be up to the elbow.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan