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- Why ass brays. (Cf. A2239.3.) A2423.1.4
- The ass is not at home. A man wants to borrow an ass. The owner says that the ass is not at home. The ass brays and the borrower protests. "Will you believe an ass and not a graybeard like me?" J1552.1.1
- Ass brays on hearing a conch shell. Owner thinks he must have been a saint in a former life. J2211.4
- Ass imitating dog brays so as to wake master when thieves are robbing him. Beaten for his pains. J2413.1.1
- Wager to win or lose according to whether jackal howls or ass brays before game is finished. N92
- Man scolds his ass and frightens robber away. While the man is absent from his ass the robber steals the man's coat. The ass brays and the man scolds him. The robber thinking he is discovered flees and leaves the coat. N612.1