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  • JewishBin Gorion Born Judas II 245.
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Filed under Theft by presenting false order to guardian.

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Unique weapon got by misrepresenting to guardian use to which it is to be putFor the long winter. The numskull has been told to keep the sausage "for the long winter". When the trickster hears this, he claims to be Long Winter and receives the sausageRing to put on corpse's finger. A thief holds a corpse up to a lord's window. The lord shoots the corpse and leaves to bury it. The thief goes to the lady and gets a sheet to bury the corpse in and a ring to put on his fingerThe cup to be repaired. A thief poses as a messenger from a husband to his wife asking that a certain silver cup be sent for repairsTheft by posing as master of the house and learning where goods are hidden. Wife deceived in the darkHare in lion's skin gets meat from lionessTheft by forgery: signature forged to obtain moneyClerk mistranslates order given by master to maid, so that pie goes to clerksThe hood for the robe. Thief steals lawyer's scarlet robe. Later he returns and tells lawyer's wife that her husband had sent him for the hood for the robe. He obtains the hood and escapesGive him what he wants. (Cf. K437.5, K1354.1.) Thief sent to man's house for water, demands money. Man's wife refuses and thief shouts to the husband who replies, "Give him what he wants."Hero reports to king that his ancestors (in heaven) want him rewarded with gold

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