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- Fault-finding husband nonplussed. The wife has cooked so many dishes that when he complains, she can always supply another. Finally he says, "I had rather eat dung." She produces some. J1545.3
- Where are the shoes? Fault-finding husband threatens to hit wife with shoes. She: "You will have to have some shoes first." J1545.3.2
- Fault-finding punished. (Cf. Q431.12, Q451.4.6, Q557.8, W128.) Q312
- Devil carries off fault-finding people. (Cf. R11.2.1.) Q312.2
- Fault-finding with God's handling of weather. Q312.4
- Banishment as punishment for fault-finding. (Cf. Q312.) Q431.12
- Tongue cut out as punishment for fault-finding (satire). (Cf. Q312.) Q451.4.6
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