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Shooting contest won by deception: bird substituted for arrows.

Deceptions. · Contests won by deception. · Hunting contest won by deception. · view the constellation · filed as K31.3

Filed across the traditions
  • N. Am. Indian *Boas RBAE XXXI 721, 944.
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Contest: shooting an unheard-of bird. The man sends his wife on all fours in tar and feathers. The ogre has never heard of such a bird Shooting test won by deception: proof of good sight. A man puts a dead hare under a tree and shows it to his dog. He tells people to look at the hare under the tree. At the distance no one can see it. He tells them that he will shoot it. He shoots and has his dog bring the hare

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