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keep the home fires burning

To maintain daily routine and provide the necessities of life in a home or community.

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  • A reference to keeping campfires, lights, etc. at one's home village burning, often while part of the population travels elsewhere to hunt, etc.
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utrzymuj ogień w domu

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