tulee mies merentakainen, ei tule turpeen alainen

Finnish

Alternative forms

  • tulee se mies meren takainen, vaan ei tule turpeen alainen

Proverb

tulee mies merentakainen, ei tule turpeen alainen (literally, “a man will return from beyond the sea, but not from under the peat”)

  1. it is only the dead who do not return
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