Search in folklore: sweep

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New brooms sweep clear.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Every one should sweep before his own door.

Proverbs and old sayings French

When you sweep stairs, start at the top.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Let every one sweep before his own door.

Proverbs and old sayings German

When you sweep the stairs, you start at the top.

Proverbs and old sayings German

Each should sweep before his own house.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian about home, house

He sweeps the problem under the carpet.

Proverbs and old sayings Hungarian

She who dances with the chimney sweeper will eventually end up black.

Proverbs and old sayings Icelandic about magic, end

A new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about old, olderness

May you have a bright future -- as the chimney sweep said to his son.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about future

If every man would sweep before his own door, the city would soon be clean.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about city, man

New broom sweep clean, but de ole broom know de corner.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican

A new broom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows every corner.

Proverbs and old sayings Jamaican about old, olderness

Do not sweep someone else's home while yours is dirty.

Proverbs and old sayings about home

The house sweeper's buttock is never at one direction.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about home, house

If each person would sweep before his own house, the city would soon be clean.

Proverbs and old sayings Polish about city, people, home, house

Whilst the tall maid is stooping, the little one sweeps the house.

Proverbs and old sayings Portuguese about home, house

If you want to sweep the steps clean, start at the top.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian

If every man would sweep his own doorstep the city would soon be clean.

Proverbs and old sayings Aromanian about city, man

A new broom sweeps in a new way.

Proverbs and old sayings Russian