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K231 Debtor refuses to pay his debt
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- Refusal to perform part in mutual agreement · K231.1 entry
- Reward for accomplishment of task deceptively withheld · K231.2 entry
- Refusal to make sacrifice after need is past. In distress a person promises a sacrifice to a god (saint) but disregards the promise when the danger passes · K231.3 entry
- Payment of money to the devil impossible, since debtor learns that the devil is dead · K231.4 entry
- Debt with worthless bond repudiated · K231.5 entry
- False offer to return goods in place of payment · K231.6 entry
- Debtor tells creditor that he has had his reward in the hope of payment · K231.7 entry
- Toad receives water from frog; refuses earth in return · K231.8 entry
- Servant refused payment because of single mistake · K231.9 entry
- Man refuses to pay murderer for killing and kills him · K231.10 entry
- Fish promised in return for bacon. Later: "Drink up the river, you shall then have fish. All the fishes there are mine." · K231.11 entry
- Debt to be paid "tomorrow". Tomorrow never comes · K231.12 entry
- Agreement to leave sum of money on coffin of friend. One puts on his share in cash; other makes out a check for the total amount and takes cash left by the other · K231.13 entry
- To pay beggar for standing in tank all night. Beggar sees lights in temple. Payment refused since beggar has thus warmed himself · K231.14 entry
- Trickster cheats by pretending deafness. Palm rat, when asked to throw down nuts according to bargain, replies that he is deaf when eating · K231.15 entry