Riddle propounded on pain of loss of official position

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Riddle propounded on pain of loss of official position.

Tests. · Tests of cleverness. · Riddles. · Propounding of riddles. · view the constellation · filed as H541.3

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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general *Anderson FFC XLII 252.

Within the index

Filed under Riddle propounded with penalty for failure.

Filed beside it

Riddle propounded on pain of death. (Cf. H512.)Riddle propounded on pain of loss of property

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