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- Bread baked with onions for an undesirable guest. J1563.3
- The abbot cannot find his needle. An undesirable abbot furnishes adequate grounds for his dismissal when he cannot find the needle that all monks are supposed to carry with them. If careless in little things he will be careless in great. J1651
- Girl puts off consummation of marriage to undesirable suitor by saying her "stomach is sick". K1227.5.1
- Cruel fathers threaten to kill their children if they are of undesirable sex. S11.4.3
- Undesirable children exposed, desirable preserved. S311