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."

Motif

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."

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever verbal retorts (repartee). · Repartee concerning the parentage of children. · view the constellation · filed as J1276.2

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Italian Novella*Rotunda.

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Filed under The child born too soon.

1 finer motif beneath it

Child born on wedding night. Groom leaves. Can't afford a child every time he lies with his wife

Filed beside it

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."

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