μῦθοι Mythoi
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Child born one month after marriage. Father-in-law to son-in-law: "Do like my grandson and you will always be ahead of others."

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Repartee concerning the parentage of children. · view the constellation · filed as J1276.1

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Filed under The child born too soon.

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Too much for his income. Child born two months after marriage. Husband returns wife to her father (uncle) saying: "I can't afford a child every two months."
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