παπούτσι απ' τον τόπο σου (κι ας είν' και μπαλωμένο) = better wed over the mixen than over the moor

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Boldwood’s deep attachment was a matter of great interest among all around him; but, after having been pointed out for so many years as the perfect exemplar of thriving bachelorship, his lapse was an anticlimax somewhat resembling that of St. John Long’s death by consumption in the midst of his proofs that it was not a fatal disease.

“That means matrimony,” said Temperance Miller, following them out of sight with her eyes.

“I reckon that's the size o’t,” said Coggan, working along without looking up.

“Well, better wed over the mixen than over the moor," said Laban Tall, turning his sheep.

Henery Fray spoke, exhibiting miserable eyes at the same time: “I don't see why a maid should take a husband when she’s bold enough to fight her own battles, and don't want a home; for 'tis keeping another woman out. But let it be, for ’tis a pity he and she should trouble two houses.”

Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy
http://books.google.gr/books?id=Fj_6II5_27QC&pg=PA325#v=onepage&q&f=false


Better wed over the mixen than over the moor
http://www.answers.com/topic/better-wed-over-the-mixen-than-over-the-moor#ixzz1p0OUnwEN
It is better to marry a neighbour than a stranger. For mixen, see quot. 1661.

Better to wow [woo] over middin, nor [than] over mure. [a 1628 in M. L. Anderson Proverbs in Scots (1957) no. 320]
Better Wed over the Mixon [midden] then over the Moor… that is, hard by or at home, Mixon being that heap of Compost which lyeth in the yards of good husbands. [a 1661 T. Fuller Worthies (Cheshire) 174]
He might hae dune waur [worse] than married me. ‥Better wed over the mixen as over the moor, as they say in Yorkshire. [1818 Scott Heart of Midlothian III. vi.]


Εναλλακτικά:
Marry within your own group. (Με πολλές παραλλαγές)

Θυμήθηκα ότι δεν έχουμε εδώ την παροιμία καθώς διάβαζα από τον Μανδραβέλη το «Πτυχιούχο από τον τόπο σου».
http://www.kathimerini.gr/4dcgi/_w_articles_kathpolitics_1_13/03/2012_432648
 
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