A case has been tried at Lignite which shows that somo matrimonial customs which ntill linger among the lowest classes in England, such as selling a wife for sixpence or a pot of. boor, have lit least .an exist«-nce on the continent. The litigation nrosi* out oi" the transfer of a wife by v husband to another workman for (he grand consideration of one mark! But tit the end of fifteen months the husband re pented liis bargain, and demanded fifteen marks additional, on the ground that his spouse had an excellent set of teeth. Tho buyer, however, would not budge from his contract. As tfl£ case decide^ the poorwife was ordered foreturn ■hi hoi- huAKind.
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Bush Advocate, Volume V, Issue 354, 16 August 1890, Page 10
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