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- The widow's meal. King upbraids wind for blowing away a poor widow's last cup of meal. Finds that the wind has saved a ship full of people by that very act. The king is humbled. J355.1
- England must be full of widows. So concludes widow's daughter, who makes her living by spinning, when she sees so much warm goods from England. J2214.11
- Doctor prescribes sexual intimacy for widow's ills. She claims to prefer death. Change of heart on daughters' plea. Daughters adopt treatment as a preventive. K2052.4.1
- Widow's son as hero. L111.3
- Boon granted after prayer and widow's son is released from prison. R123
- Faithless widow's heartlessness repels the new suitor. She obeys him when he tells her to knock out the teeth of her dead husband. Fearing like treatment, he leaves. T231.4
- Rich man (king) seizes poor widow's (nun's) cow. U35
- Nobles ruin peasant's (widow's) crops with impunity. U35.2