Women carrying cheeses concealed pretend that they are carrying webs or balls of thread. Saint changes cheeses to stones. (Cf. A977.5.1.) — Mythoi

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Women carrying cheeses concealed pretend that they are carrying webs or balls of thread. Saint changes cheeses to stones. (Cf. A977.5.1.)

Rewards and punishments. · Kinds of punishment. · Miraculous punishments. · view the constellation · filed as Q552.16.1.2

Filed across the traditions

Irish myth Cross.

Within the index

Filed under Food concealed from saint miraculously changed to stones. (Cf. Q551.3.)

Filed beside it

Fishermen cut fish into pieces and claim that they have none. Saint says, "If you have none, may you have them; if you have, may they be stones." Pieces of fish are changed to stones. (Cf. A977.5.2.)

Travels with (Thompson’s cf.)

Certain stones are cheeses transformed by saint. (Cf. A974.)

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