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- Serpent shows condemned man how to save prince's life. Bites the prince and then shows the man the proper remedy (cf. B512). By thus ingratiating himself the man is freed from false accusation. B522.1
- Devil is blamed by monk for taking what does not belong to him. Devil denies accusation. G303.25.10
- Guilty man freed of murder charge is tricked into making a false accusation for which he is sentenced. J1141.12
- Witness cannot speak language of accusation: discredited. Two parrots taught accusation of mistress in a particular dialect. They know nothing more of the language. (Cf. G1154.1.) J1152
- Plea by admitting accusation and discomfiting accuser. J1162
- Robbers' false plea admitted: counteraccusation. Robbers claim a man's knife. In court: "The knife may indeed be theirs. I and my father were attacked yesterday by robbers. I fled. On returning I found my father killed and this knife in his body." Robbers condemned. J1162.2
- Measuring the dregs. Some full and some half-full wine casks left with man by neighbor, who accuses him of theft. Fraud of accusation detected by measuring the dregs. J1176.2
- Reductio ad absurdum of accusation: object-birth slander. (Later children tell toy animals to drink. No harder than for woman to bear objects.) J1191.5
- She knows best: woman denies accusation of adultery. Husband dismisses the truthful accusers saying that she knows her shortcomings better than anyone else, and she denies it. J2342.3
- Fool admits crime but pleads mistakes in the details of the accusation. J2499.3
- Innocent confessor duped into being go-between for adulteress and lover. By following suggestions in her false accusations to confessor the lover reaches her side. K1584
- False accusation. K2100
- Jewel presented to king brings false accusation of theft. K2104
- Man taking refuge in woman's house causes her false accusation. K2112.3
- Villain brings (threatens to bring) naked servant to woman's house. Threat of false accusation of indiscretion forces woman to yield. K2112.4
- Handkerchief left in woman's room to cause accusation. (Othello.) K2112.5.1
- False accusation of theft. K2127
- Legs of a corpse cause accusation of murder. K2152.2
- Blood smeared on innocent person brings accusation of murder. K2155.1
- Bloody knife left in innocent person's bed brings accusation of murder. K2155.1.1