Thief advises that slaughtered meat be hung up over night. Meantime he steals it

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Thief advises that slaughtered meat be hung up over night. Meantime he steals it.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner. · view the constellation · filed as K343.2

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Scholars’ trail — 2references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

Africa (Zulu)Callaway 6
American Negro (Georgia)Harris Nights 123 No. 23.

Within the index

Filed under Thief advises owner to go away; meantime steals the goods.

2 finer motifs beneath it

The stingy parson and the slaughtered pig. The stingy parson does not want to give any one a part of his pig, which he has just slaughtered. The sexton advises him to hang the pig up in the garden over night so as to make everyone think that it has been stolen. The sexton steals it himself Thief advises that new cloth be hung in the open overnight. Steals it while owner sleeps

Filed beside it

Innkeeper deceived into going under the floor of the granary; meantime robbed Owner sent on errand and goods stolen Companion sent away so that rascal may steal common food supply Monkeys lure tortoise into a tree and carry away his load of salt Cheat induces dupe to go get food reported found and steals clothes as soon as they are left behind

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