Trickster gets strong drink by trickery in returning goods — Mythoi

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Trickster gets strong drink by trickery in returning goods.

Deceptions. · Deceptive bargains. · Deception in payment of debt. · Other deceptions in the payment of debt. · view the constellation · filed as K231.6.2

Within the index

Filed under False offer to return goods in place of payment.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Trickster returns a bottle of water instead of the bottle of rum he has just purchased Trickster fills his gallon jug half full of water, then has it filled with rum at the store. When seller refuses credit, he pours back half gallon of the liquid – now half rum and half water. Sometimes trickster repeats operation, getting richer mixture with each transaction

Filed beside it

Milk bought on credit poured into one container. The trickster buys it from various women. After it is all poured together he says that each may have her own back

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