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- Test of friendship: mourner says dead husband can be touched only by sinless person; volunteers for cremating body immediately disperse. H1558.12
- Miracle must wait till one man is sacrificed. No one volunteers and it does not need to be performed. K1785
- Husband jealous of wife who goes to confession is punished by the priest. When the husband sees the priest take her behind the altar to punish her he volunteers to take the punishment. The wife says, "Pound him well. I am a terrible sinner." T257.4
- Drunken volunteer firemen bungle their work. X821
- Louse and flea wish to marry. Mosquito, toad, ant, etc. volunteer to supply the wedding feast. Z31.2