49 motifs match “measure”  ·  back to the chapters

• Sky measured by bird. A702.6
• Origin of weights and measures. A1471.2
• Cow gives twelve measures of milk for the twelve apostles of Ireland. B251.2.10
• Magic measurement (height of Christ). D1273.4
• Magic measurement protects against devil. (Cf. D1273.4, D1389.10, F950.3.) D1385.17
• Magic measurement protects against sudden death. (Cf. D1273.4.) D1389.10
• Magic iron measure for wishing. D1470.1.47
• Inexhaustible measure (for meal or flour). D1652.5.3
• Only ten measures of magic allotted to world. D1719.11.1
• Magic gift: power to continue all day what one starts. One woman measures linen; another throws water on pig. D2172.2
• Gifts of the fairies must never be measured or counted. F348.6
• Man presses out twelve measures of oil without the help of bullocks. F639.7
• Man knows exactly how many grains are in a measure. F645.2
• Enigmatic counsels of older brother. Gray younger brother asks well-preserved older brother for the secret of his good health. Answer: A measured mouth, a close purse, and a knot on the trouser's fly. H596.1.1
• How deep is the earth? My father went five years ago to measure it (died); when he returns I shall tell you the result. H681.2.2
• Where is the center of the earth? Here; if you don't believe it, measure it yourself. H681.3.1
• How far is it from earth to heaven? So and so high, and if you don't believe it, measure it yourself. H682.1.3
• How wide is heaven? So and so wide, and if you do not believe it, go measure it yourself. H682.2.1
• Riddles of weight and measure. H690
• Riddles of measure. H696
• How much water is in the sea? Stop all the rivers and I will measure it. H696.1.1
• How much water is in the sea? So and so much, and if you don't believe it, go measure it yourself. H696.1.2
• How many measures of water are in the river? H696.1.4
• Task: feeding army from one measure of meal. H1022.5
• Tasks: other difficult measurements. H1145
• Girl to bring cloth as long as river and raise pig as big as mountain. (Countertask: measure river and weigh mountain.) H1149.8
• Time measured by worn iron shoes. H1583.1
• Time measured by fit of ring. H1583.2
• Land measured according to amount within person's view. H1584.1
• Land measured according to amount encompassed during certain hours. H1584.2
• King takes measures against assassination. J634
• King orders piece of cloth shown after his death. The measure of all that he has taken with him to the grave. J912.1
• Oisin's poor diet in Patrick's house – pancake size of ivy leaf, measure of butter only size of rowan berry. Later Oisin gives Patrick quarter of a wild boar, servant ivy leaf and rowan berry. J1511.13
• Better to donate half of what is asked than lend all. Two farmers ask a priest to lend two measures of grain to each of them. The priest refuses to lend them any but donates one measure to each. Thus he saves two measures. J1552.4
• Keeping the measure by stretching out the arms. Numskull goes to buy goods for his wife. J2036
• A heaping measure given for a level measure. J2083.5
• Literal fool puts three empty measures in pot. Told to put in three measures of rice to boil. J2461.1.4.2
• Telling their horses apart. One fool docks the tail of his horse; the horse of the second gets tail caught in gate, is docked too. One notches ear of his horse; the second horse notches its ear on the fence. Finally they measure heights of their horses. The black horse is two inches taller than the white. J2722
• Deceptive land purchase: ox-hide measure. As much land bought as can be surrounded by an ox-hide. The hide is cut into very small strips. K185.1
• The double-cheating miller. He confesses that he has an oversized measure and agrees to get a smaller one. He measures back the grain in the smaller measure. K486
• Wolf is requested by tailor to be measured for suit of clothes; wolf beaten. K551.20
• Helpful cat borrows measure for his master's money. The master thus gains a reputation for wealth. K1954.1
• Modest choice of parting gift: magic iron measure chosen. L222.4
• Hermes distributes wit. Gives everyone the same measure of wit, so that the smaller are more clever than the large. L301
• King vainly attempts to measure the height of the sky and the depth of the sea. L414.1
• Giant is clerk to God of Destiny and measures out mortals' spans of existence. N111.5
• King refuses to invite Patrick to feast. Poor man kills only cow and uses his only measure of meal to entertain Patrick. Patrick blesses his wife and son. Q45.1.2
• Use of false weights and measures punished. Q274.3
• Small grain-measure runs away when her husband beats her: succession of suitors. Z39.8