Provençal proverb

Misè Durènço.

Thieves

Maritime Provençal

Misè Durènço.

Meaning

A name given to a woman who sweeps up everything in her path, as the Durance does when it floods.

Note : Misé: a local expression to denote a woman of too modest a station to be addressed as Madame.

Theme

Thieves

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

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