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Mock the palm tree only when the date harvest is over.

Proverbs and old sayings Ethiopian

One palm nut cannot be peeled twice.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

The army of the palm tree is its branches.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

The strength of the palm tree is in its branches.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

When the palm nuts ripen, you carry half and I carry half.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

The blood soup made of one palm nut is shared in little drops.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan about blood

If the young palm tree wants to stay alive, it grows next to the odum tree.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

The prickly branches of the palm tree do not show preference even to friends.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

Even though the peel of the palm nut has no pulpy substance in it, it is stripped off all the same.

Proverbs and old sayings Afghan

A palm tree climber is not expected to tell everything he sees from up above.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo

A person who underneath the tall palm tree is best positioned to tell on which side the ripe head is.

Proverbs and old sayings Igbo about heads, people

If the palm of the hand itches it signifies the coming of great luck.

Proverbs and old sayings about bad luck, good luck

Though the palm tree in the jungle is big, who knows how big its yield will be?

Proverbs and old sayings Liberian

The palm of ones hand does not eclipse the sun.

Proverbs and old sayings Moroccan about sun

A man who walks alone carries a load of palm-fronds.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about man

A finger's length in a sword, and a palm in a lance, are a great advantage.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese

An inch in a sword, or a palm in a lance, is a great advantage.

Proverbs and old sayings Spanish

Do not abuse palm-wine tappers while drunkness persists.

Proverbs and old sayings about wine

The drunkard's money is being consumed by palm-wine trapper.

Proverbs and old sayings about being, wine, money

Don't quarrel with the coconut-palm climber: the coconut has been eaten by the moon.

Proverbs and old sayings about moon