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- God prepares food for mortal. A185.7
- Charm prepares feast. (Cf. D1273.) D1472.2.4
- Adulteress prepares for old age. Charges a pair of shoes to consort with men. When old she pays with shoes the men who will consort with her. J761.3
- Wife prepares the pestle. Tells guests husband uses it against guests. They flee. Tells husband they left because she refused to give them pestle. Husband pursues to give them the pestle, but they run the faster. (Cf. K2137.) J1563.5.1
- Numskull prepares brother's wedding (father's funeral). On the way home from town he destroys his purchases. (Cf. J1851, J1856, J1871.) J1846
- Girl tells physician-seducer she cannot meet his wishes until after he bathes. Prepares the bath herself and pours acid into it. K1227.4.1
- Adulteress detected by food she prepares for paramour. K1550.1.2
- Adulteress detected by food she prepares for paramour. K1550.3
- The husband prepares to castrate the crucifix. The artist's wife's paramour poses as a crucifix when caught. When he sees the husband's preparations, he flees naked. K1558
- Bluff: told to bring home a tree, hero prepares to bring home six. K1741.1.1
- Bluff: told to bring home an ox, hero prepares to bring home ten. K1741.2.1
- Bluff: told to bring water in an ox skin, hero prepares to dig a canal. K1741.3.1
- Smallness of offense no excuse when hunter prepares to kill lark. She has stolen but a single grain of wheat. U32