The constellation
W152 Stinginess
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- Fox spoils his food rather than divide with ape · W152.1 entry
- Man had rather be burned alive than to share food with a guest · W152.2 entry
- Stingy dead woman raises her head to correct account of laundress, who is overcharging her daughter · W152.3 entry
- Stingy man forced to share his money when he lies and says he has none · W152.4 entry
- Stingy woman will not give soup to man until she spills it. Then she says he may have the soup · W152.5 entry
- Stingy king will not hire soldiers: defeated · W152.6 entry
- Spider in stingy woman's house grows thin · W152.7 entry
- Stingy horse refuses ass little feed, though he promises much for later time · W152.8 entry
- Stingy man cancels invitations to his guests. "It is better that they speak ill of me on an empty stomach than on a full one." · W152.9 entry
- Drummer drums for own wedding so as to save expense · W152.10 entry
- Stingy men love possessions so much that they wear out their feet to save shoes · W152.11 entry
- Stingy man and his servants · W152.12 entry
- The stingy man and his animals · W152.13 entry
- Man who insists on using everything that is useful · W152.14 entry
- Stingy man does not eat butter; only looks at it and enjoys the thought · W152.15 entry
- Wife of stingy man prays that her husband become sick so that she can get better food · W152.16 entry
- Wife keeps half of the money she plans to give for a shrine · W152.17 entry