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Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes:

Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.
And Eye and ears, and a mouth and a nose.
Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes.

Traditional Songs

What is the smallest bridge in the world?

The bridge of your nose.

Riddles

Don't meddle in others' affairs unless you want your own nose scraped a little.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

A Haughty person will not even reach down to take his own nose if it had fallen to the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings Bulgarian about proudness, people

He who eats cherries with gentlemen risks getting the pips in his nose.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish

A person is unlucky who falls on his back and breaks his nose.

Proverbs and old sayings French about people

Abroad to see wonders the traveller goes, And neglects the fine things which lie under his nose.

Proverbs and old sayings German about lie, things

He who is born to misfortunate stumbles as he goes, and though he fall on his back will fracture his nose.

Proverbs and old sayings German about fall

The baby has not been born yet, and yet you assert that his nose is like his grandfather's.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian

The poor fool is a man who falls on his back and breaks his nose.

Proverbs and old sayings Jewish about man

He can see a louse as far away as China but is not aware of an elephant on his nose.

Proverbs and old sayings Guatemalan

The real unlucky one will sprain his thumb when he blows his nose.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about real estate

The person who can see a house in China is unaware of an elephant on his nose.

Proverbs and old sayings about people, home, house

Don't notice the tiny flea in the other person's hair and overlook the lumbering yak on your own nose.

Proverbs and old sayings Tibetan about people

It's tough trying to keep your feet on the ground, your head above the clouds, your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel, your finger on the pulse, your eye on the ball and your ear to the ground.

Proverbs and old sayings about heads