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The washer conceals the corpse.

Proverbs and old sayings

Dirty clothes are washed in the backyard.

Proverbs and old sayings about clothes

The washer of corpses does no harm to the dead.

Proverbs and old sayings

It will all come right in the wash.

Proverbs and old sayings about rightness

Absence and a friendly neighbor washes away love.

Proverbs and old sayings about love

When a child knows how to wash his hands well, he eats with the elders.

Proverbs and old sayings about children

You don't wash blood away with blood but with water.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about blood, water

A clean hand wants no washing.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese

It's best to wash one's soiled linen at home.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about home

You can wash your body but not your soul.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about body, soul

A fool will jump into the bath and forget to wash his face.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about face

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

The dog has returned to his vomit again, and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

Proverbs and old sayings South American about americans

When rain beats on a leopard it wets it, but rain does not wash out its spots.

Proverbs and old sayings about rain

If there are many buyers in the market, the merchant doesn't wash his turnips.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese

If someone isn't handsome by nature, it's useless for them to wash over and over again.

Proverbs and old sayings about nature

No one knows what the dinner was after the plates have been washed.

Proverbs and old sayings Danish