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Man ejected from heaven for folly of marrying twiceChrist, not having married, knew nothing about suffering. So thinks the man after hearing all about Christ's tormentsMan reprimanded by judge for marrying several times. The man replies that he was always looking for a good wifeAvoiding the shrewish wifeTaming the shrew. By outdoing his wife in shrewishness the husband renders her obedientSt. Peter's wife meets him with a broom handle. She is waiting for him at the rear door of the houseSocrates and Zanthippe: "After thunder rain". He thus remarks as she empties slops on his headStrength in words, in herbs, and in stones. When first two do not cure shrewish wife, the last does. (Cf. J1563.6, J1581.2, J2412.5.)The browbeaten husband from under the table: "The man always has a man's heart."Husband will not search for shrewish wife who has run away from himShrewish wife gives husband beating every morningHusband consoled by seeing woman even more shrewish than his wife. (Cf. J882.)Wife beats her husband and eats up everything he earns

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