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1. Trinkn zoln im piavkes.

Leeches should suck him dry.
Snakes should bit his big toe.
Scorpions should sting his knee.
Flies should buzz in his ear.

2. A hiltsener tsung zolstu bakumn.

You should grow a glass eye.
Your hair should fall out of your head.
You should grow a wooden tongue.
Your legs should turn to soup.

3. Zolst vern a blintz un a kats zol dikh opesn.

You should become a tree and be cut down by a woodcutter.
You should be turned into a blintz and a cat should eat you.
You should have bells and whistles ringing in your ears all day.
You should lose all your shoes and wander barefoot for life.

4. Gey in drerd un bek beygl.

Go in the ground and bake bagels.
Go into the house and hide your face.
Go cry to your mother and leave us alone.
Go inside and never come out again.

5. Zol dayne leber kumen aroys in shtiker fun dayn noz.

Your hair should fall out one strand at a time.
Your garden should turn brown leaf by leaf.
Your home should always have the smell of wet dog.
Your liver should come out piece by piece through your nose.

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