Miserly husband spies on wife to see that she does not eat too much. Gets burned in the chimney and beaten in the bed where he hides

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Miserly husband spies on wife to see that she does not eat too much. Gets burned in the chimney and beaten in the bed where he hides.

Traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character. · Unfavorable traits of character – social. · view the constellation · filed as W153.2

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U.S.Baughman.
general Type 1407

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Miserly husband spies on wife, lest she cook too much

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