A cheerful wife is the joy of life

Similar English and Irish sayings:

Smoke, rain and a very curst wife, make a man weary of house and life Smoke, rain and a very curst wife, make a man weary of house and life
A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter’s daughter all the days of her life A son is a son till he gets him a wife, but a daughter’s daughter all the days of her life
The good or ill hap of a good or ill life, is the good or ill choice a good or ill wife The good or ill hap of a good or ill life, is the good or ill choice a good or ill wife

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