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Motif

The girl with the ugly name. Her mother gives her a new one but the girl does not recognize it and her mother must call her by her old name.

Deceptions. · Deception through shams. · Impostures. · Other impostures. · view the constellation · filed as K1984.3

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

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  • general *Type 1461
  • general Herbert III 174 No. 87, 421 No. 83.
Within the index

Filed under Girls keep up appearances to deceive suitors as to their desirability.

Filed beside it
The lisping sisters. The girls have been warned against speaking, but forget and are found outThe girl who ate so little. When the suitor sees her baking he finds that she can eatUgly women complain of falling flowers. King hearing them supposes them delicate and beautifulBlind fiancée betrays self. Mistakes one object for another
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Man does not recognize his name when it is called: he is accustomed to hear his nickname. (Cf. K1984.3.)
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