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510B   The Dress of Gold, of Silver, and of Stars, 4

701   The Giant’s Toy Returned, 29

720   My Mother Slew Me; My Father Ate Me. The Juniper Tree, 5

B. Religious Tales (750–849)

753   Christ and the Smith, 36

922   The Shepherd Substituting for the Priest Answers the King’s Questions, 63

C. Novelle (Romantic Tales, 850–999)

939A   Killing the Returned Soldier, 26, 46

955A   The Robber Bridegroom, 43

955C   Mr. Fox (B), 43

990   The Seemingly Dead Revives, 42

D. Tales of the Stupid Ogre (1000–1199)

1187   Meleager, 12

1191   The Dog on the Bridge, 51

II. JOKES AND ANECDOTES (1200–1999)

1213   The Pent Cuckoo, 72

1351   The Silence Wager, 74

1365A   Wife Falls into a Stream, 75

1365B   Cutting with the Knife or the Scissors, 76

1451   The Thrifty Girl, 49

1539   Cleverness and Gullibility, 69

1539A   The Hat That Pays for Everything (B), 69

1561   The Lazy Boy Eats Breakfast, Dinner, and One after the Other Supper, 80

1562   “Think Thrice before you Speak”, 64, 65

1628*   So They Speak Latin, 66

1697   “We Three; For Money”, 70

1698B   Travelers Ask the Way, 71

1705   Talking Horse and Dog, 84

1735A   The Bribed Boy Sings the Wrong Song, 62

1738   The Dream: All Parsons in Hell, 59, 82

1738C   Chalk Marks on Heaven’s Stairs, 57

1791   The Sexton Carries the Parson, 60

1833A   “What Says David?”, 61

1848   A Pebble for each Sin, 57, 58

1889L   Lie: The Split Dog, 89

1920   Contest in Lying, 90

1920A   The First: “The Sea Burns”, 91

1960D   The Great Vegetable, 91

OTHER FORMULA TALES (2300–2399)

2320   Rounds, 92

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