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Provençal proverb

Fiho que escouto
Es lèu dessouto.

Girls

Maritime Provençal

Fiho que escouto
Es lèu dessouto.

Meaning

A girl who listens is soon beneath.

Theme

Girls

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

More proverbs on this theme

Quand uno fiho es maridado, tout lou mounde la vau.Once a girl is married, every man wants her. Qu fiho gardo e pouer meno,
Pau dire qu'es pas senso peno.He who keeps a young girl and herds a pig may well say his lot is no painless one. Fiho que pren, se vènde o se rende.A girl who accepts gifts either sells herself or surrenders herself.