The constellation
J1865 Sickle punished by drowning. In a land where the sickle is not known the new sickle cuts off the head of a man. It is drowned
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- Thief punishes the escaped ox. An ox strays on the rascal's land but escapes from him. The next week he sees the ox yoked up and gives him a beating. The master is astonished. The rascal: "Let me alone; he knows well enough what he has done." · J1861 entry
- The ass deprived of his saddle. A man's coat is stolen when he leaves his ass for a moment. He takes the saddle off the ass and says that he will give it back if the ass will return the coat · J1862 entry
- Cow punished for calf's misdeeds. Blamed for not teaching calf better · J1863 entry
- Man flogs his shot. On a rainy day when shot will not go a man flogs the shot. It goes and he shoots a deer · J1864 entry
- Man avenges self on animals by wholesale slaughter · J1866 entry
- Man punishes offending part of his body · J1867 entry