Alice Morse Earle Zitate

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The brank, or scold's bridle, was unknown in America in its English shape: though from colonial records we learn that scolding women were far too plentiful, and were gagged for that annoying and irritating habit.

Alice Morse Earle

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Die Zügel oder der Zaume des Scherzes war in Amerika in seiner englischen Gestalt unbekannt: Obwohl wir aus den Kolonialunterlagen erfahren, erfahren wir, dass schimpfene Frauen viel zu reichlich waren und für diese nervige und irritierende Gewohnheit geknebelt wurden.

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