@juergen_hubert @germany @folklore He could have used 1-3 spider(s) instead. 
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The Devil is a popular subcontractor - especially since it is easy to cheat him out of his payment. -
I have a question: I have learned that it was quite common in labor professions in Germany that the women would receive her husband's wages directly, was in control of the household finances, and would only give her husband some "drinking money" so tha...@juergen_hubert As I learned it was common for many noble families the Austro-Hungarian empire in the 18-19th centuries. While the noble was away doing politics, travelling, fighting or doing whatever, it was many time his wife taking care of the estate's finaces including the high-level planning of the crops and livestock farming.
Example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kata_Bethlen
But it is also known from Ferenc Kölcsey writer (also a noble of that era), that his wife managed all material issues.
It's like men outsourcing the boring book-keeping and responsible thinking to their wife. I feel there is nothing feminist about it but quite the opposite.
