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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Hair

A hair casts its shadow on the ground.

All wool is hair, more or less.Portuguese.

Even a hair casteth its shadow.German, Spanish, Portuguese.

Gray hairs are death’s blossoms.

Hair by hair and the head gets bald.Danish.

Hair is not to be mentioned in a bald man’s house.Livonian.

How easily a hair gets into the butter.German.

Long hair—little brain.Turkish.

No doors are shut against honest gray hairs.

Short hair is soon brushed.German.

The bald pate talks most of hair.Livonian.

There is no hair so small but hath its shadow.