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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,...

O Holy Night

O holy night! The stars are brightly shining,
It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth.
Long lay the world in sin and error pining.
Till He appeared and the Spirit felt its worth.
A thrill of hope the weary world...

A cock says it's because of the situation it is faced with that it has its knees in the opposite direction.

The Pilgrim Fathers landed on the shores of America and fell on their knees; then they fell upon the aborigines.

If a baby crawls up to me and pinches me, I will get on my knees and pinch him back.

A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.

What reaches the mother's heart will only reach the father's knees.

An upstanding peasant is bigger than a nobleman on his knees.