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- Crab thrown to ground: breaks into small pieces. Hence crabs are small. A2214.4
- Why crabs live in water. A2433.6.3.1
- Why crabs burrow in sand. A2433.6.3.2
- Tabu: eating crabs. C221.1.3.3
- Bear learns how to catch crabs with his hairy claws. J102
- Thief places candles on crabs (bugs). When they are turned loose in the churchyard the parson and the sexton think that they are the souls of the dead. Meanwhile the thief steals from them. K335.0.5.1
- Crabs induced to take moonlight walks: eaten. K772.1
- Tiger made to believe that his captor has eaten many crabs. Tiger fears crabs and releases him. K1715.13
- What is in the dish: "Poor Crab". A sham wise man named Crab is put to a test of his powers of divination. He is to tell what is in a covered dish (crabs). In despair he says, "Poor Crab!" and is given credit for knowing. N688
- Lies about crabs. X1344