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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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Primitive Paternity: The Myth of Supernatural Birth in Relation to ..., Volume 2

Edwin Sidney Hartland - 1910 - 348 pages
...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...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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Religion und soziales Leben bei den Naturvölkern, Volume 2

Hugo Visscher - 1911 - 590 pages
...obliged to come and live at their village. Ue has to perform certain services for the mother in law ; such as keeping her well supplied with firewood; and...sit with his knees in a bent position, as putting out his feet toward the old lady would give her great offence. ein Mann nicht die Wohnung seiner Schwiegermutter...
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Het gebruik en bezit van den grond bij Germanen en Celten

Dirk Roessingh - 1915 - 668 pages
...joung man lakes 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...to perform certain services for the motherin-law... lf he becomes tired of living in this state of vassalage, and wishes to return to hls own family, he...
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Folk-lore in the Old Testament: Studies in Comparative Religion ..., Volume 2

James George Frazer - 1919 - 606 pages
...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...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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Folk-lore in the Old Testament: Studies in Comparative Religion ..., Volume 2

James George Frazer - 1919 - 608 pages
...a girl of another village, and the parents have no objection to the match, he is obliged to Zambesi 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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Primitive Society: The Beginnings of the Family & the Reckoning of Descent

Edwin Sidney Hartland - 1921 - 212 pages
...play a predominant role, a young man marries, he goes to live at the bride's village. He is required " to perform certain services for the mother-in-law,...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 this state of...
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The History of Human Marriage, Volume 2

Edward Westermarck - 1921 - 622 pages
...parents have no objection to the match, he is likewise obliged to come and live at their village, where he has to perform certain services for the mother-in-law, such as keeping her well supplied with firewood ; but if he becomes tired of living in this state of vassalage, he may return to his own village on...
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The History of Human Marriage, Volume 2

Edward Westermarck - 1922 - 620 pages
...parents have no objection to the match, he is likewise obliged to come and live at their village, where he has to perform certain services for the mother-in-law, such as keeping her well supplied with firewood ; but if he becomes tired of living in this state of vassalage, he may return to his own village on...
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The London Quarterly Review, Volume 9

William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1858 - 598 pages
...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...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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