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Altenburg proverbs
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Altenburg (De-Altenburg.ogg listen) is a city inThuringia, in eastern Germany, located 40 km 0 off south of Leipzig, 90 km 0 off west of Dresden and 100 km 0 off east of Erfurt. The dialect spoken in Altenburg is saxon.
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Wenn man den Esel nennt, kommt er auch gerennt.
English equivalent: Talk of the devil and you ll see his horns.
von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Ida von Reinsberg-Düringsfeld Otto Sprichwörter der germanischen und romanischen Sprachen https://books.google.com/books?id=iNNmAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA393 II 1875 German 392–394 691, Wolfe
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German proverbs
Category: Proverbs by language