St. Peter's wife meets him with a broom handle. She is waiting for him at the rear door of the house

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St. Peter's wife meets him with a broom handle. She is waiting for him at the rear door of the house.

Sex. · Married life. · Characteristics of wives and husbands. · view the constellation · filed as T251.3

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general Type 754**.

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Man ejected from heaven for folly of marrying twice Christ, not having married, knew nothing about suffering. So thinks the man after hearing all about Christ's torments Man reprimanded by judge for marrying several times. The man replies that he was always looking for a good wife Avoiding the shrewish wife Taming the shrew. By outdoing his wife in shrewishness the husband renders her obedient Socrates and Zanthippe: "After thunder rain". He thus remarks as she empties slops on his head Strength 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 him Shrewish wife gives husband beating every morning Husband consoled by seeing woman even more shrewish than his wife. (Cf. J882.)Wife beats her husband and eats up everything he earns Fakir thankful for shrewish wife: she is a thorn in his flesh and warns him from neglecting the ways of righteousness

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