The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

PROVERB: AX

A FELLOW WITH AN AX IS NO MATCH FOR A WOMAN WITH A NEEDLE.
THE PRICK OF A NEEDLE GIVES ONLY A SMALL PAIN, BUT THE FALL OF THE
AX MEANS INSTANT DEATH. SO, AN AXMAN MUST SURRENDER TO A NEEDLEWOMAN
UNLESS HE IS REALLY ANGRY WITH HER, FOR HE DARES NOT WIELD HIS
MIGHTY AX OVER HER HEAD.

Submitter comment: SEOUL, KOREA

Where learned: MAXIMS

Date learned: 00001965S