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- Creation of ant: avaricious man transformed. (Cf. A1715, A1730.) A2011.2
- Animals bequeath characteristics to man. Horse gives him the characteristics of youth (fiery), cow of middle age (avaricious), and the dog of old age (fractious). B592
- Fairies give avaricious man gift of benevolence. F343.4
- Softening bread-crusts. An avaricious master feeds bread-crusts to his servants. "The crusts are already getting soft." J1341.1
- Avaricious man has neck broken when top of his treasure chest falls on him. Q272.2
- Avaricious miser tries to eat his adored money and chokes to death. Q272.3
- Avaricious woman and her gold consumed by hell's fires which burn in her grave. Q272.4
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