Bride test: key in flax reveals laziness. Suitor hides key in flax on spinning wheel. Finds it there next day.
Tests. · Marriage tests. · Bride tests. · Bride test. · view the constellation · filed as H382.1
Motif
Cited in the index
- general Type 1453
- general BP III 236.
Within the index
Filed under Bride test: industry.
Carried in tale types
- Key in Flax Reveals Laziness · ATU 1453 1 recorded variant
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