Test of wife's obedience: the one command. Upon his wife's insistence that he test her by giving one command the husband tells her not to go into the oven while he is away. She does so and oven falls on her

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Test of wife's obedience: the one command. Upon his wife's insistence that he test her by giving one command the husband tells her not to go into the oven while he is away. She does so and oven falls on her.

Tests. · Marriage tests. · Wife tests. · view the constellation · filed as H473.2

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Spanish ExemplaKeller.
general Herbert III 19
general *Crane Vitry 231 No. 236
general *Pauli (ed. Bolte) No. 318

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