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Calabria, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Marriage -- by Region -- Calabria
o in Italian: (Dialect) I parenti su' comu e scrapi; jcchiu fitti [stretti] stannu e jcchiu fannu mali.
o in English: Relatives are like shoes -- the tighter they are [the closer they are] the more they hurt.
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Calabria, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Marriage -- by Region -- Calabria
o in Italian: (Dialect) A vera maritata non e soggira [suocera] e nno cugnata.
o in English: (Literally) The true wife is neither a mother-in-law or a sister-in-law. (Meaning) A good wife puts her husband first, rather than family members.
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Marriage -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italian: (Dialect) Chi tene lu marito vecchiarello, carrescasse a pepe.
o in English: Those who have old husbands, like those who have to cook old carcasses, need a lot of pepper to spice it up (or make it edible).
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Marriage -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italian: A la zita doppo maritata la vonno tutti quanta.
o in English: After a bride is married everyone wants her.
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Marriage -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italian: (Dialect) Pigliatella bbella e coccate pe tterra.
o in English: (Literally) Marry a beauty and you will find yourself on the ground. (Meaning) Marry a beautiful woman and you will have plenty of trouble on your hands. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery #1158129
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Marriage -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italian: (Dialect) Tra socra e nora c'e lu diavulo che lavora.
o in English: Between daughter-in-law and mother-in-law the devil is at work.
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Marriage -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italian: (Dialect) A marito muscio dalle peope assaje.
o in English: (Literally) An lifeless husband give him a lot of pepper. (Meaning) To get your husband interested in you again, put a lot of pepper on his food and the aphrodisiac will spice up your sex life.
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Marriage -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italian: (Dialect) A fmmena nun se sposa o ciuccio, pecche ille rompe 'e lenzole.
o in English: (Literally) Women don't marry donkeys because they'll tear up the sheets. (Meaning) Women will chose as husbands those men who know how to make love properly, over those who don't.
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Campania, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Folk Saying on Marriage -- by Region -- Campania
o in Italian: (Dialect) A mugliera e ll'ate e sempe cchiu bon.
o in English: (Literally) The wife of others is always better. (Meaning) Other men's wives are always more appealing than one's own.
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Emilia Romagna, Italy | | Date: Centuries-old | Notes: Italian Proverb or Saying on Marriage -- by Region -- Emilia Romagna
o in Italian: (Dialect) "Chi nas bela, nas maride.
o in English: Who is born beautiful, is born married. | Contributed by: Image courtesy of The Library of Congress #3b21632r
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