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Filed under Clever judicial decisions.

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Solomon's judgment: the divided child. Two women claim a child. Judge offers to cut it in two. Real mother refusesSolomon's judgment: the divided bride. Three suitors dispute over a woman. When it is proposed to divide her, true lover is discoveredThe woman with two husbands is to be killed. One of the husbands refuses to bury her. She is awarded to the otherWhich mare is mother of colt: colt taken in boat to the middle of river; mother will swim to it
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Series of wise judgments settles quarrels of villageThe Irish Solomon (Cormac mac Airt). Famed for his clever decisionsJudgment as rebuke to unjust plaintiffSeries of clever unjust decisions: plaintiff voluntarily withdraws. (1) Man pulls off borrowed horse's tail: he shall keep horse till tail grows on. (2) Man falls out of bed and kills a baby (or causes a miscarriage): he shall beget a new baby for the mother. (3) Man falls from a bridge and kills boatsman's son: shall allow boatsman to fall from bridge and kill himClever decisions concerning kissing and rapeJudgments concerning arsonDecisions based on experimental testsStory told to discover thief. Judge tells story of the lady, her husband, her lover, and the robbers (H1552.1). Which was the most generous? Witness says that robber was. This shows that he has robber's point of viewClever judicial decisions – miscellaneous
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