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- Suitor test: cleverness and learning. H327
- Bride test: wisdom (cleverness). H388
- Test of cleverness or ability. H500
- Test of cleverness: uttering three wise words. Youths called on to do so display by their answers extraordinary powers of deduction. H505
- Test of cleverness: uttering three truths. H505.1
- Tests of cleverness or ability: miscellaneous. H509
- Tasks performed through cleverness or intelligence. H960
- Tasks performed by cleverness. H961
- Cleverness of men disguised as peasants dissuades rivals from dispute. Wise men of two rival cities engage in dispute. One delegation disguises as peasants and debates with their adversaries. Latter withdraw fearing how clever the educated must be if their peasants are so learned. J31.1
- Strength preferred to cleverness. J246
- Cleverness. J1100
- Cleverness in law court – general. J1130
- Cleverness in detection of truth. J1140
- Cleverness connected with the giving of evidence. J1150
- Cleverness in the lawcourt – miscellaneous. J1190
- King promises thieves pardon for confession: pleased with their cleverness. J1198.1
- Wife by cleverness wins back fortune overbearing husband has foolishly lost and humbles him. J1545.6
- Master thief. Man undertakes to steal various closely guarded things. Succeeds by cleverness. K301
- Falsely accused minister reinstates himself by his cleverness. K2101
- Reward for cleverness. Q91
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