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- Origin of different peoples according to choice of chairs. A1614.4.2
- Origin of different peoples according to choice of bows and arrows or else guns, horses and cattle. Indians choose the former, whites the latter. A1614.4.3
- How God distributed professions: according to the bodily appearance of men. A1650.3.2
- Animals from transformed men according to favorite food. One man asks for flesh, one for blood, etc. They are changed to mice, cats, and bugs. (Cf. A1811, A1853.) A1715.4
- Wedding of fox and hyena. Fox refuses to marry hyena, since, according to belief, hyena yearly changes sex. B281.1
- Magic white, red and yellow stone causes hail, sunshine or fire, according to which side is scratched. (Cf. D931.) D1540.2
- Rain or snow avoids certain places according to the desire of a saint or monk. D1841.4.4
- Hell fires kindled according to sins of sinners. E755.2.4.1
- Social rank determined according to portion taken from cauldron of food. H1574.0.1
- Land measured according to amount within person's view. H1584.1
- Land measured according to amount encompassed during certain hours. H1584.2
- Cock's second mate lets her stepchildren starve: woman warns husband accordingly. J134.1
- Hog's head divided according to scripture. To be divided among three students according to their skill in quoting. First: "And they cut one ear off" (takes ear). Second: "And they gave him a box on the ear" (takes other ear). Third: "And they took him away secretly" (takes whole hog away). J1242.1
- Acting according to the note. A Jew slaps a Christian and tells him to turn the other cheek. The Christian beats the Jew, who says, "You do not act according to your Gospel." – "I am acting in accordance with the note." – "The note is worse than the text." J1262.3
- Cuckolded "as per instructions." Woman tells husband that she has become pregnant during his absence according to his own instructions. J2342.2.2
- Trickster cheats by pretending deafness. Palm rat, when asked to throw down nuts according to bargain, replies that he is deaf when eating. K231.15
- Friar undertakes to awaken girl. He follows her mother's order according to his own interpretation. K1354.3.1
- Child pronounces blessing according to which countries are to be filled with what they are later famous for. M393.1
- Wager to win or lose according to whether jackal howls or ass brays before game is finished. N92
- Wife throwing husband's corpse into river (according to custom) is caught by corpse's arm and drowned. N339.14