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Around the world
Date: n.d.
Notes: For proverbs or folk sayings on "Nature" and/or the Weather from ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH and GERMAN speaking countries see: "Folk Sayings on Nature/AROUND THE WORLD."
     
     
     
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Italy
Date: n.d.
Notes: The following selection of Italian proverbs was originally published in the book, "Proverbi e Modi Proverbiali Italiani raccoliti da Giulio Franceschi" (Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1908). The translations were done by Mary Melfi with help from "www.translate.google.com."
     
     
      ENGLISH: God sends the cold according to one's clothes.
      ITALIAN: Dio manda il freddo secondo i panni.
     
Contributed by: English translations, Mary Melfi; Italian text, courtesy of www.archive.org

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