If you want to smear somebody's face with mud, be prepared to dirty your hands.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about face
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Night of the Saint Andrew
On the 30th of November, Romaian people is celebrating Saint Andrew, the spiritual patriarch of Romania.
The night before Saint Andrew's Eve is known as the night of the ghosts( strigoi), strigoi means in Romanian...
Traditions and superstitions Romanian
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,...
Traditions and superstitions Romanian
He who doesn't listen to advise from others goes to his parents in-law smeared with faeces.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about parents, law
All offices are greasy (i.e. open to receive what the Dutch call smear-money, a term derived from the fee paid for greasing wheels).
Proverbs and old sayings Dutch about money
