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- Jewelry intended by groom for prospective bride strangely disappears and a slip of paper alone is left in box. (Cf. D1071.) D1641.14
- Suitor tests. A suitor is put to severe tests by his prospective bride or father-in-law. H310
- Prospective father-in-law requires that suitor for his daughter's hand visit foreign country (otherworld?) to learn feats of arms. H336.1
- Task assigned at suggestion of jealous mother (of prospective bride). H913.1.1
- Task assigned at suggestion of jealous father (of prospective bride). H913.2.1
- Tests imposed on woman by prospective paramour. H939.2
- Man tests industry of prospective servant girl. H1569.1.1
- Today's catch of fish traded for prospective larger catch tomorrow. J321.1.1
- Disguised real wife orders motley wear for her husband when he goes to fetch new bride-to-be: prospective father-in-law takes him for a fool and real wife reveals herself to husband. J1112.1.1
- The considerate seller. A numskull having an over-short turban for sale at auction warns the prospective buyer that it is too short. J2088
- "Keep it if it is a girl; send it to me if it is a boy." Hero leaving girl says this of the prospective child. T645.2
- Man so lazy that he will not wipe his running nose. This causes him to lose prospective bride. W111.1.4