Thief leaves food untouched when owner pretends to be poisoned by it. (Playing poison.)

Motif

Thief leaves food untouched when owner pretends to be poisoned by it. (Playing poison.)

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Thief loses his goods or is detected. · view the constellation · filed as K439.4

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

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.

American Negro (Georgia)Harris Friends 54 No. 7, Nights 297 No. 50
Bahama*Parsons MAFLS XIII 122
West IndiesFlowers 511.

Within the index

Filed under Thief loses his goods or is detected – miscellaneous.

Filed beside it

Betrayal through exchange of stolen goods Thief claims that stolen goods are his own: detected by master Thief tricked into robbing himself. He has placed a coat on the goods to be stolen. His associate changes the place of the coat Sheep thief pretends to buy wethers from the ram, names the price himself. Owner overhears, takes the ram to the thief to collect Robbers fed poisoned food Robber induced to give respite and come to man's office to get promised larger sum. Cheated Owner pretends to think thief is family god and binds him Owner feigns madness and thus raises alarm: thieves captured Hidden person sees robbers concealing treasure and takes it Thief hides in large bottle to get into room: bottle put into water to boil

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