5. A Galician doesn’t ‘overthink,’ he ‘eats the pot.’ (cómese a olla)
6. A Galician is never ‘drunk,’ he’s ‘all yours.’ (todo é seu)
7. A Galician doesn’t ‘dress up,’ he ‘goes like a brush.’ (vai como un pincel)
8. A Galician is not ‘crazy’, he is ‘like a stew.’ (como unha caldereta)
9. A Galician doesn’t ‘worry for his future’ because ‘every pig gets its San Martin day.’ (a todo porco lle chega o seu San Martiño)
10. A Galician doesn’t ‘forget something,’ he ‘remembers Saint Barbara when it begins to thunder.’ (acórdase un de santa Bárbara cando trona)
11. A Galician never cares about new trends, because ‘youngsters and green firewood are all smoke’. (xente nova e leña verde todo é fume)
12. In Galicia it doesn’t ‘rain,’ instead ‘pikes peak fall.’ (caen chuzos de punta)
13. A Galician doesn’t ‘stop complaining,’ he ‘goes to cry at Collona’s place.’ (vai chorar á casa da collona)
14. In Galicia, no one cares about surnames, people just ask ‘whose are you?’ (¿e logo ti de quen ves sendo?)
15. A Galician doesn’t take a ‘last drink,’ he asks for a ‘starter.’ (arrancadeira)
16. A Galician doesn’t ‘get surprised,’ he ‘hurries the devil.’ (¡arredemo!)
17. In Galicia, if seagulls come inland, ‘sailors go to shit or to the tavern.’ (gaivotas á terra, mariñeiros á merda / na taberna)
18. In Galicia no one will ask you to ‘dance,’ they’ll ask if you fancy ‘spending the dance floor’ instead. (¿gastas pista?)
19. If you try to hurry a Galician, he’ll tell you ‘the path is done step by step’ or ‘the path gets done with bread and wine.’ (pasiño a pasiño, faise o camiño / con pan e viño, faise o camiño)
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