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Extraordinary stakes at gambling.

Chance and fate. · Wagers and gambling. · Wagers and gambling. · view the constellation · filed as N2

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“As he lay there and wondered how he could get his property back, he heard some ducks flying over, and, looking up, found to his surprise that he could see the ducks straight through the rock. Then he took his lehal-bones and laid them on top of the rock, and looked to see if they were visible through it, and he found he could see which was the white and which was the black one. Then he was joyful once more, and went home.”

Tales of the North American Indians, Tale 73 · served from our shelf  receiptuncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan

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  • Irish mythCross.
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Filed under Wagers and gambling.

9 finer motifs beneath it
Play for unnamed stakesStakes not claimed by winner, who insists on another gameOwn body as stake: to be taken as slaveLives wageredBodily members wageredHelpful animals lost in wagerWhole kingdom (all property) as wagerWife as wagerLove wagered in game
Filed beside it
GamblersSupernatural adversary in gambling (witch or giant)Devil as gamblerCard-playing parson. The parson plays cards all Saturday night, goes to sleep at church, and calls out the names of the cardsLuck in gamblingTrained rat upsets pieces in gambling game: trained (or transformed) cat chases it awayGambler's attention distracted by womenWagers and gambling – miscellaneous
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GamblersOwn body as stake: to be taken as slave

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