Provençal proverb

Lei femo noun soun gens.

Women

Maritime Provençal

Lei femo noun soun gens.

Meaning

Women are not people.

Note : Such was the answer given by a notary to a woman who wished to be party to a civil deed.

Theme

Women

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

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