Search in folklore: fingers

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Fingers were made before forks.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

Five fingers are brothers, not equals.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

The sun cannot be hidden by two fingers.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about sun

Five fingers are brothers but not equals.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

Five fingers are brothers but are not equals.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

Not even the five fingers of our hands are alike.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

Do not eat the fingers that feed you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Without fingers, the hand would be a spoon.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

He who feeds the child must be allowed to lick his fingers.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about children

If you point one accusing finger at others, three fingers will point at you.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

A hungry man will thrust his fingers into a snake's hole in search of a grasshopper.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about man

A child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which his mother puts into his palm.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about children, mother

After shaking hands with a Greek, count your fingers.

Proverbs and old sayings Albanian

When a Greek shakes your hand, count your fingers after.

Proverbs and old sayings Albanian

Too many fingers spoil the pie.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

You cannot pick up salt with dry fingers.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

Your fingers can't be of the same length.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

He that deals in dirt has ay foul fingers.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

He must have iron fingers who would flay the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish about devil

He must have clean fingers who would blow another's nose.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish