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- "Do not stand and watch two people fighting": counsel proved wise by experience. Man does so and is called by both parties to depose in favor of both or he will be beheaded. J21.51
- Alliances which make both parties more vulnerable. J681
- Profitable league made with both parties to a quarrel. K253
- Dishonest notary invents debt and collects from both parties. K441.2.1
- Two rival parties of fifteen each on ship. When food is exhausted, it is agreed that half the company be thrown overboard, "every ninth man as they stood to be selected." Clever sister of leader of one party arranges men so that enemies are chosen and so drowned. K527.4
- Spitting of all parties into vessel to seal bargain. M201.3
- Match arranged by means of pictures of both parties. T51.3
- At betrothal ceremony both parties drink out of the loving-cup. T61.4.2
- Love kept up even after one of the parties is married to another. T88.1
- Betrothed parties do not see each other until night of the wedding. T134.2