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- Ass carries usurer's body to the gallows instead of to the church. He has been denied burial in the church. B151.1.1.2.1
- Spirits leave when report is made of fire at their home. Denied readmittance. F405.8
- Deduction: prince plays with children because he has been denied a normal youth. J1661.1.7
- Cornered paramour threatens the husband. Admits guilt. Husband: "Had you denied it I would have killed you!" J2626.1
- Dupe denied food until hands are clean. Grass burned around food makes continued washings unavailing. K278
- Husband tricks wife into riding a mule which has been denied water. On fording a stream the mule plunges into the water. Wife drowns. (Sometimes also paramour.) K1567
- Man dies when the bride who had been denied him kisses him. T81.4
- Boy is denied sight of all women except his mother and his nurse until he is eighteen. He falls in love with the first woman who is more attractive than his mother. T371.1