Two sons: one a purse cutter and the other a killer. Wife tells husband that they will make a purse designer of one, and a butcher of the other

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Two sons: one a purse cutter and the other a killer. Wife tells husband that they will make a purse designer of one, and a butcher of the other.

Ordaining the future. · Prophecies. · Prophecies. · view the constellation · filed as M306.2

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Filed under Enigmatical prophecy.

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