-law - is your husband's sister.Long ago, our ancestors lived in huge families.Some of them had more than fifty people with varying degrees of kinship.And now, if you go to a remote village, can be surprised to learn that many of its residents are of the same family.All of them tend to relatives in varying degrees of kinship.
If you sit on the bench near one of the old women can be heard from an elderly companion many interesting facts from the life of the village.She gladly tell you about his fellow countrymen: the owner of the farm - its in-law, a saleswoman in a store - the daughter, and the two women in front of the house - mother-in-law, and, and ... thought for a minute you can be, interrupt grandmother almost in mid-sentence."Wait a minute - you might say granny.- But who is this whom you called together-in-law? ".And she chided you for that much time away from her roots will answer that in-law - a man's sister.If you ask an old lady, where did this word, it can be said: "From the words of evil" and begin their lengthy explanations.
Think about it: Woman are married - and his father's house, where she was the favorite, took care of her and took care of my mother and other relatives, the young bride immediately gets into "another monastery."The new family, she not only becomes the wife of her son, but also the worker, which immediately confer many new responsibilities - to get up before dawn, to help on the farm and in any case does not contradict the new members of the family.It turns out that the sister-in - it's evil, because it shifts some of their affairs on the shoulders of the bride.Sometimes the bride have to listen to a lot of hard-hitting comments.
Then your companion will certainly many examples from the life of her sisters under the yoke zolovok.And he remembers how even her great-grandmother and her sister pulled her braids or herself blamed for bad washed floor or salty soup.Therefore, as a rule, daughter-in-law, and, to put it mildly, dislike each other.There are many proverbs and sayings about the relationship between "sister in law is very clever at tricks", "sister-in - Kolotovka", "sister-in-zlovka."The coincidence of the word "in-law" and "evil" is not accidental.Sister in law had to serve her husband's sisters, to please them, cajole, and almost literally.Saturday at Pancake week is called "Zolovkina gatherings."By tradition, the bride invite the sisters of her husband, treat pancakes and give gifts.
Finally it is the right time to interrupt our elderly companion and ask her about her relationship with this person.Oddly enough, my grandmother says that her sister-in - it's gold.However, most likely, this is due to the fact that they, along with her husband immediately after the marriage began to live separately, independently.
Many of us do not remember our roots, rooted in the past the family hierarchy, identifying the names of the relatives become anachronisms.Closest still occur at the same table on holidays, even trying to help each other.A little farther relatives sometimes do not know.How important not to lose your family, relatives, and to recognize the relatives!Unfortunately, large families become smaller, and a word like in-law, hardly used, going to legends.
