Filling the pen. Told to fill locked pen trickster chops up wagon and mules and throws them in

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Filling the pen. Told to fill locked pen trickster chops up wagon and mules and throws them in.

Deceptions. · Dupe's property destroyed. · Dupe's goods destroyed. · view the constellation · filed as K1427

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SpanishEspinosa JAFL XXVII 119f.

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Filed under Dupe's goods destroyed.

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Plowing the field: horse and harness destroyed. The youth is told to come home from plowing when the dog does. He beats the dog so that it runs home; then he destroys the horse and harness and goes home Lighting the road (or painting the house red). The house set on fire Guarding the door. It is lifted off and carried away Take care of the stopper! The son puts the stopper into his pocket, and all the tar (beer) runs out Repairing the house. House or furniture destroyed Tearing up the orchard (vineyard). Rascal has been told to cut wood Closing the door tight: with iron nails Whetting the knife: the whole blade whetted away Clearing land: axe broken Threshing grain: granary roof used as threshing flail Mowing grass: the meadow torn up Clearing out manure: digs hole Covering the whole wagon with tar Sowing grain: does so in unplowed field Trickster saws legs of table so that it collapses Fixing fences: trickster cuts fence down

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