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Bean laughs till it splits: cause of black stripe. (Cf. A2793.1, F1025.1.)Yams dropped by bird and split: why some are good and some bad. (Cf. A2793.3.)Sky rests on top of trees: hence flat leaves. (Cf. A2761.3.)Bush loses clothes in shipwreck: hence catches passerby looking for clothes. (Cf. A2792.1.)Why khijur leaves are long and narrow: split with an arrow
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Plant characteristics from transformation[First Edition: A2732. Indentions on plants from biting. (Cf. A2751.3.1.) – See A2721.2.2.]Poppy characteristics from series of reincarnations. Opium produces each of the appropriate qualitiesPlant characteristics from object thrown by devilEvil spirit in spite puts bark and thorns on tree. (Cf. A2751.1, A2752.)Christ puts knots in wood. Peter, angry at carpenters wants Christ to have iron knots in wood. Christ does make hard knots but not iron. (Cf. A2755.4.)Plant characteristics from exchange of qualitiesPlant characteristic because plant belongs to the devil

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