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- Magic chestnut. D985.2
- Magic chestnut (as food). D1035.1
- Inexhaustible chestnut. (Cf. D1035.1.) D1652.1.5
- Quest for magic chestnut. H1333.4
- Toad asks magpie in tree to throw down a chestnut. Magpie refuses, saying it might break its beak. Toad promises, if that happens, to get a horsehair to tie it up again. Magpie throws chestnut and breaks beak. Toad asks ass for hair, but ass first demands grass; mower demands sheep; shepherd, pup; mother dog, bread; baker, stumps. Toad cuts the stumps and gets the hair. Z43.1