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Sa la màma la cùra
ènca nóma l'òrt,
al marc' dala fóm
l'é mìga mòrt

Even if the mother is only working a vegetable bed the son will not starve of hunger.

A proverb stressing the power of a mother able, with only a vegetable bed, to feed her children - in this case she is a good manager.

4.	Sa da fóra l'é néta néta, in di bàit al n'è sèt caréta	If on the outside everything is clean and tidy, at home you'll find about seven wheelbarrow.
The kind of woman, taking care about her looks only, won't make a good housewife and won't care much about the household.

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