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- Barber begins to recover after he reveals raja's secret. D2161.4.19.1
- Ghostly barber. E571
- One-eyed barber sees thread of silk stretching to sea. F642.6
- Skillful barber. F665
- Skillful barber shaves running hare. F665.1
- Barber's contest in shaving (without waking man). H504.2
- Arrested man tells who he is: before his father the great incline the head and give blood and money (barber). H581.1
- Task upon suggestion of barber. H919.1.1
- "Consider the end": counsel proved wise by experience. Barber hired to cut king's throat sees on the bottom of the basin the words "Whatever you do, do wisely and think of the consequences." He drops the razor and confesses. J21.1
- Barber leaves inexpensive village for high wages in city. Finds cost of living more than enough to take all his profit. J342.1
- Barber tries unsuccessfully to become a trader. J513.2
- Prevention of hostilities by agreeing to demands while in danger. Barber makes heavy demands of customer while the razor is at his throat. Customer agrees but after the shave throws the barber out. J625
- King to avoid possible assassination singes his beard rather than have barber shave him. J634.1
- Clever barber. J1115.3
- Barber paid to change color of woman's face burns her with acid. He has fulfilled contract. J1161.6
- Barber operating on child's skin kills it: blames mother for child's thin skin. J1166.1
- The sound of shaving. An unskillful barber keeps cutting a man's face. A noise is heard. The man: "What is that?" Barber: "A smith shoeing horses." Man: "I thought it was someone being shaved." J1484
- Half price for half a shave. A man asks to be shaved at half price. The barber shaves one side. He must pay the other half for the rest of the shave. J1522.1
- Squaring accounts by shaving the wife. A numskull has paid twice the regular amount for a shave. The barber shaves the wife. J2082
- Barber's and jackal's common garden: jackal pretends that garden has not yielded any fruit at all. K171.8