Mother Law

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~ MOTHER IN LAW  or
~ MOTHER-IN-LAW  which gave rise to
^u               FATHER-IN-LAW
  ply> | IN LAWS CAN BE DIFFICULT AND TESTY |
  indeur  SWEKRU     = root for
  ukr     SHVEKRYKHA   MOTHER IN LAW
          SCHVEKR      FATHER IN LAW or better
          TEST         idem and   see> TESTAMENT
                       PROPERTY OF FATHER IN LAW
  ger     SCHVIEGER    root for same
          SCHWIER      root for DIFFICULT
  lat     SOCER        or
          SOCRUS       FATHER IN LAW
          SUCRA        MOTHER IN LAW
  lit+ from " CUPID AND PSYCHE " [23]
       VENUS AS THE MOTHER IN LAW OF PSYCHE
       SAID TO HER
  " ... I AM GLAD YOU HAVE FALLEN INTO MY HANDS ...
  BECAUSE YOU ARE SAFE HERE
  SAFE IN THE JAWS OF HELL ...
  BUT MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME
  I PROMISE YOU THE SORT OF WELCOME THAT A GOOD MOTHER-IN-LAW
  IS BOUND TO GIVE HER SONS'S WIFE
  ... LOOK AT THE WHORE !
  THAT BIG BELLY OF HERS ...
  IT WRINGS MY GRANDMOTHERLY HEART !
  GRANDMOTHER  INDEED !
  HOW WONDERFUL TO BE MADE A GRANDMOTHER AT ANY TIME OF LIFE !
  AND TO THINK THAT THE SON OF THIS DISGUSTING SLAVE
  WILL BE CALLED VENUS'S OWN GRANDCHILD ! ...
  NO ... THAT IS NONSENSE ...
  A MARRIAGE ... WITHOUT WITNESSES ...
  CAN'T POSSIBLY BE RECOGNIZED AT LAW ...
  YOUR CHILD MUST AND WILL BE A BASTARD  MY GIRL ...
  THEN VENUS ORDERED PSYCHE
  TO SORT A PILE OF MIXED SEEDS BEFORE NIGHTFALL
  PSYCHE KNEW IT WAS AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK ... THEN
  ... A VERY SMALL ANT
  ONE OF THE COUNTRY SORT
  HAPPENED TO PASS ...
  " PITY FOR PSYCHE AS WIFE OF THE MIGHTY GOD OF LOVE"
  SET THE LITTLE THING SHRIEKING ...
  " TAKE PITY ON HER   SISTERS   TAKE PITY ...
  YOU BUSY CHILDREN OF THE GENEROUS EARTH
  SHE IS THE WIFE OF LOVE HIMSELF" ...
  THEY CAME RUSHING UP AS FAST
  AS THEIR SIX LEGS WOULD CARRY THEM
  WAVE UPON WAVE OF ANTS ..."
  AND THE TASK WAS COMPLETED ON TIME
  LATER JUPITER MARRIED CUPID TO PSYCHE
  see> MARRIAGE