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References
- ↑ "1 Timothy 4:7 (KJV)" . Retrieved 14 March 2018.
- ↑ The Guardian, 15 May 2010, Greer, Germaine. "Grandmother's footsteps" http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/may/15/germaine-greer-old-wives-tales
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