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The Blue House (sheet 3)
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The Blue Hen (sheet 3). Dutch Proverbs: l.b: a man with a balance: 'Faithfulness is lighter than a feather'; r.b: a man with a knife: 'All good cocks that carry many knives'; l.o: a man carrying water and fire: 'These carry fire in one hand, water in the other'; r.o: a pig with tongs on its back: 'That fits like tongs on a pig'.
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Credit lineDe Blauwe Huyck (blad 3). 1577. Joannes van Doetechum (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
