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" When a young man takes a liking to a girl of another village, and the parents have no objection to the match, he is obliged to come and live at their village. He has to perform certain services for the mother-inlaw, such as keeping her well supplied with... "
The Mothers: A Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions - Page 280
by Robert Briffault - 1927
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Livingstone's Africa: Perilous Adventures and Extensive Discoveries in the ...

David Livingstone - 1872 - 636 pages
...man takes a liking for a girl of another village, and the parents have no objection to the match, ho is obliged to come and live at their village. He has...such as keeping her well supplied with firewood ; and wneu he comes into her presence ho is obliged to sit with his knees in a bent position, as putting...
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Livingstone's Africa: Perilous Adventures and Extensive Discoveries in the ...

David Livingstone - 1872 - 652 pages
...and the parents have no objection to the match, he i8 obliged to como and livo at their village, llo has to perform certain services for the mother-in-law,...such as keeping her well supplied with firewood; and wneu he comes into her presence he is obliged to sit with hig knees in a bent position, as putting...
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Livingstone Lost and Found: Or Africa and Its Explorers : a Complete Account ...

Josiah Tyler - 1873 - 812 pages
...and the parents have no objection to the match, he is obliged to come and live at their village. Ile has to perform certain services for the mother-in-law,...sit with his knees in a bent position, as putting ovrt his feet toward the old lady would give her great offense. If he becomes tired of living in this...
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The Life and Life-work of Dr. David Livingstone: Missionary, Philanthropist ...

1876 - 850 pages
...young man takes a liking for a girl of another village, and the parents have no objection to the match, he is obliged to come and live at their village. He...sit with his knees in a bent position, as putting out his feet toward the old lady would give her great offense. If he becomes tired of living in this...
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The wild man at home: or, Pictures of life in savage lands

James Greenwood (journalist.) - 1878 - 510 pages
...liking to a girl of another village, and the parents have no ohjection to the match, he is ohliged to come and live at their village. He has to perform...sit with his knees in a bent position, as putting out his feet towards the old lady would give her great offence. If he becomes tired of living in this...
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African Adventure and Adventurers

George Tiffany Day - 1880 - 416 pages
...young man takes a liking for a girl of another village, and the parents have no objection to the match, he is obliged to come and live at their village. He...sit with his knees in a bent position, as putting out his feet toward the old lady would give her great offense. If he becomes tired of living in this...
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De Indische gids, Volume 3

1881 - 1134 pages
...man takes a liking to a girl of another village, and the parents have no objection to the match, hè is obliged to come and live at their village. He has...mother-in-law, such as keeping her well supplied with firewood If hè becomes tired of living in this state of vassalage, and wishes to return to his own family,...
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The Primitive Family in Its Origin and Development

Carl Nicolai Starcke - 1889 - 352 pages
...(Banyai) man takes a liking to a girl of another village, and the parents have no objection to the match, he is obliged to sit with his knees in a bent position, as putting out his feet towards the old lady would give her great offence. If he becomes tired of living in this...
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Ancient Society: Or, Researches in the Lines of Human Progress from Savagery ...

Lewis Henry Morgan - 1907 - 600 pages
...definitely whether or not they possessed the gens. lage, and the parents have no objection to the match, he Is obliged to come and live at their village. He...to perform certain services for the mother-in-law If he becomes tired of living In this state of vassalage, and wishes to return to his own family, he...
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Ancient Society

Lewis Henry Morgan - 1909 - 598 pages
...whether or not they possessed the gens. lage, and the parents have no objection to the match, he la obliged to come and live at their village. He has to perform certain services for the mother-in-law If he becomes tired of living In this state of vassalage, and wishes to return to his own family, he...
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