Search in folklore: harp

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It is a man with a harp who should decide how he is going to sleep.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about sleep, man

The harp dispels care.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

All are not harpers, who hold the harp.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

You harp perpetually on the same string.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin

However big the whale may be, the tiny harpoon can rob him of life.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan about life

No matter how big the whale is, a tiny harpoon can kill him.

Proverbs and old sayings Malaysian

The strings of the harp must be not too tight, and not too slack.

Proverbs and old sayings

Did you ever hear an ass play on a harp?

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

It Came Upon A Midnight Clear

It came upon the midnight clear
That glorious song of old
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold
Peace on the earth, good will to men
From heaven's all gracious King
The world in solemn stillness lay

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Carols

The young man plays the flute, the middle aged man plays the harpsichord, the old man plays the organ.

Proverbs and old sayings Sicilian about man, old, olderness