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N611 Criminal accidentally detected: "that is the first."
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- Criminal accidentally detected: "that is the first" – sham wise man. The sham wise man employed to detect theft is feasted. As the servants enter with food he remarks to his wife, "That is the first" (course). (Or allowed to feast for three days remarks at end of first day "That is the first.") The servants, thinking they are detected, confess · N611.1 entry
- Criminal accidentally detected: "That is the first" – sleepy woman counting her yawns. Robber hearing her flees. (Cf. N612.) · N611.2 entry
- Numskull bridegroom unwittingly sings out phrases that thieves mistake to mean he has detected them · N611.3 entry
- Thief hears owner of house singing "Bore and throw out the earth" and thinks himself detected. Offers owner money to purchase his silence · N611.4 entry
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- The Robbers under the Tree · ATU 1653