Sharing joy and sorrow. Man pledged to do so with his wife follows instructions literally. Beats her – a joy to him and a sorrow to her

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Sharing joy and sorrow. Man pledged to do so with his wife follows instructions literally. Beats her – a joy to him and a sorrow to her.

The wise and the foolish. · Cleverness. · Clever practical retorts. · Retorts between husband and wife. · view the constellation · filed as J1541.1.1

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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general BP III 277f.

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Filed under The good words. A man pledged to give his wife only good words hits her with a prayer book.

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