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Proverbial Saying

To keep your wife at home: keep her barefoot or keep her pregnant.

Submitter comment:

This saying was especially popular during World War II.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD
Informant and collector share the same surname and residence.

James Callow comment:

Duplicate

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; informant's home

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; MARRIAGE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Wife

Subject headings:

PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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