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Tuscany, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Marriage -- by Region -- Tuscany
o in Italian: (Dialect) A chi piace le belle, e a chi le brutte, cosi le donne si maritan tutte.
o in English: Some [men] like them beautiful, and some like them ugly, so all women end up getting married.
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Veneto, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Proverb or Folk Saying on Marriage -- by Region -- Veneto
o in Italian: (Dialect) Fumo e dona cativa fa scapar l'omo de casa.
o in English: Smoke and bad-tempered women make men run out of the house. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The Library of Congress #0155r
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Veneto, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Folk Saying or Proverb on Marriage -- by Region -- Veneto
o in Italian: (Dialect) No se pole avere la bota piena e la mojere inbriaga.
o in English: You can't have a cask that's full of wine and a wife that is drunk. (English Equivalent) It's either one or the other. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery #1533446
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Veneto, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Folk Saying or Proverb on Marriage -- by Region -- Veneto
o in Italian: (Dialect) Le tose lo desidera, le maridae lo prova, le vedove lo recorda.
o in English: The girl desires it [marriage], the wife tries it out, and the widow remembers it. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery #835436
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Around the World | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: For proverbs or folk sayings on "MARRIAGE" from ENGLISH, SPANISH, FRENCH and GERMAN speaking countries see: "Folk Sayings on Marriage/AROUND THE WORLD."
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