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- Why wren eats no berries. A2435.4.11.1
- Origin of berries. A2687.3
- Magic berries cause horns to grow on person. (Cf. D981.10.) D1375.1.1.10
- Man identifies picker of berries by their scent. F652.1
- Question: "What is under my cloak?" Questioner has branch of blackthorn laden with berries under her cloak. H526
- Task: bringing berries (fruit, roses) in winter. H1023.3
- Task: bringing berries in winter. Reductio ad absurdum: father is sick from snake-bite (impossible in winter). (Cf. H952.) H1023.3.1
- Hero returning with berries sent back to bring tree. (Cf. H561.1.2.) H1241.1.1
- Quest for berries from tree guarded by giants. H1333.3.3
- Why is it that black cow eats green grass, gives white milk and yellow butter? Answer: The same reason blackberries are red when they are green. J1291.1.1
- Excrement thought to be berries. Numskull tries to sell it. J1772.9.1
- Trickster eats scratch-berries. Cause great itching. J2134.1
- The bear helps the fox's mother get berries: the fox eats them. K461.1
- Escape by pretended lousing. Captive pretends to louse the captor but deceives him by cracking berries in the teeth (or the like). K611.1
- Tiger enticed away to gather berries: victims escape. K629.2.1
- Man too lazy to pick up berries (dates). W111.1.6
- Master insists that servants whistle as they pick strawberries so that they cannot eat any. W152.12.4