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Touch pot, touch penny.

Proverbs and old sayings English

Touch a galled horse and he'll wince.

Proverbs and old sayings Dutch

Touch not another man's money, for the most honest never added to it.

Proverbs and old sayings French about money, man

Touching the earth equates to having harmony with nature.

Proverbs and old sayings about harmony, nature, earth, americans

Touch me not on the fair heel.

Proverbs and old sayings

Touch a gall'd Horse on the back and he will fling.

Proverbs and old sayings

Touch a gaw'd horse on the back and he'll fling.

Proverbs and old sayings Scottish

What has no beginning, end or middle and touches every continent?

The ocean

Riddles

Knock on/touch wood

Proverbs and old sayings British about old, olderness

A short person touches where he can reach.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about people

A dirty stick makes everyone who touches it dirty.

Proverbs and old sayings West African

Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about fire, fire brigade

The time to slap a king is the time when a fly touches on his cheek.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about time

If you don't want a tail of a monkey to touch you then don't attend the monkey dance.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about dance

A man who touches the bottom of a soup plate with a ball of foofoo is no longer searching for soup.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about searching, man

If nothing touches the palm-leaves they do not rustle.

Proverbs and old sayings about nothing

The tip of a finger cannot be touched by itself.

Proverbs and old sayings

If you gently touch a nettle it'll sting you for your pains; grasp it like a lad of mettle, an' as soft as silk remains.

Proverbs and old sayings

Adversity is the touchstone of virtue.

Proverbs and old sayings British about virtue

Religion, credit, and the eye are not to be touched.

Proverbs and old sayings British about religion