The constellation
H312 Physical and mental requirements for suitors
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- Successful suitor to be without blotches · H312.1 entry
- Successful suitor must have gold teeth · H312.2 entry
- Suitors chosen with feet as only part seen · H312.3 entry
- Successful suitor must have whitest hands. Blacksmith qualifies because of frequent washing of hands · H312.4 entry
- Successful suitor must have cheeks like blood, skin like snow and hair like a raven. (Cf. Z65.1.) · H312.5 entry
- Suitor test: correct wearing of clothes · H312.6 entry
- Suitor test: to be able to go through a wall · H312.7 entry
- Bridegroom-to-be has to have three pecks, three quarts of gold and an animal with a horn on his head pointing to the sky, and a large red hair · H312.8 entry