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  • Icelandic Boberg
  • Jewish *Neuman
  • India Thompson-Balys.
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Filed under Bride purchased.

1 finer motif beneath it
Amount of dowry fixed by custom in bride's family
Filed beside it
Prince buys twig (flower) (enchanted girl) from her mother. (Cf. D212, D215.) Purchase money instead of bride given to suitor to settle dispute Bride purchased for her weight in gold Attempt to purchase wife Rich girl gives poor suitor necklace with which to pay her bride-price Princess asked for in return for sparing palace. (Cf. S222.) Absent man's wife demanded in law court in payment of debt by creditor Village given to bride-to-be as part of her dowry

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