Marrying a stranger. The girl shortly to be married complains: "It was all very well for you, mother, to marry father, but I am to marry a complete stranger."

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Marrying a stranger. The girl shortly to be married complains: "It was all very well for you, mother, to marry father, but I am to marry a complete stranger."

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Literal fools. · Literal obedience. · view the constellation · filed as J2463.2

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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LithuanianBalys Index No. *1468
RussianAndrejev No. *2078A
IndiaThompson-Balys.

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Foolish bride gives away dowry. While her parents are away from home, a matchmaker and a suitor come to the foolish girl. By following her mother's advice literally, she gives away her dower to the tricksters

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Marrying a Stranger · ATU 1468*1 recorded variant

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