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K1516 The husband's good eye covered. The wife holds a cloth in front of his one good eye, so that he cannot see the paramour
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- Adulteress outwits husband · K1510 entry
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- The husband's good eye treated. The wife pretends to treat his one good eye, so that he cannot see the paramour · K1516.1 entry
- Girl covers nurse's one good eye so that she cannot see her lover · K1516.2 entry
- Adulteress extinguishes light to hide her paramour · K1516.3 entry
- Adulteress covers husband's eyes during incantation. Meanwhile paramour escapes · K1516.4 entry
- Adulteress persuades husband to milk cow with his eyes blindfolded: meets lover. (Cf. Chaucer's Merchant's Tale.) · K1516.5 entry
- The faithless wife asks her gullible husband how he would act if he were blind. The husband closes his eyes; meanwhile the lover escapes · K1516.6 entry
- Wife washes husband's hair hiding his eyes while lover escapes unseen · K1516.7 entry
- Wife has husband look for hole in pot she has bought, allowing lover to escape unseen · K1516.8 entry
- Wife shows husband her milk-filled breasts and squirts milk in his eyes allowing lover to escape unseen · K1516.9 entry
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