Provençal proverb

Es pas nourriço de naturo
Mai nourriço de pasturo.

Masters and Servants

Maritime Provençal

Es pas nourriço de naturo
Mai nourriço de pasturo.

Meaning

She is not a nurse by nature, but a nurse for pay.

Note : For wet nurses who nurse for pay.

Theme

Masters and Servants

Source : La Tour-Keyrié, Recueil de proverbes provençaux (1882), Gallica — public domain. Maritime Mistralian normalisation by Lingua Nostra.

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