False bride fails when magician tests her

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False bride fails when magician tests her.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Marital impostors. · view the constellation · filed as K1911.3.3.2

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Filed under False bride fails when husband tests her. Uses slipper test, jumping test, or the like.

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False bride's mutilated feet. In order to wear the shoes with which the husband is testing the identity of his bride, the false bride cuts her feet. She is detected

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