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Filed under Cheating by substitution of worthless articles.

2 finer motifs beneath it
Nugget of supposed gold (lead) given to help build church: money then borrowedReward for the bag of lead. A man sews up lead in a bag and feigns to have found it. A merchant claims it and thinking it filled with gold pays him a large reward
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Entrails substituted for meat. Prometheus divides slain ox so that bones and entrails seem to be choicest part. (Zeus is not deceived.)Water sold as wine. Wine-casks partitioned: one half wine, other half waterFalse set of rings to offset genuine. Jewels bought with counterfeit moneyWhile swimming with the lizard, toad exchanges own ugly daughter for lizard's pretty oneLean geese substituted for fat by tricksterWoman gives friend dried comb while she herself eats the honeyCheating by substitution of common cow for magic one
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