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- Animal characteristics from dropping ancient animal from air. A2214
- Why dogs leave droppings at crossroads. A2473.1.1
- Treasure-dropping animals. B103.1
- Gold-producing ass. Droppings of gold. B103.1.1
- Pearl-dropping cow. B103.1.2.1
- Gold-producing dog. Droppings of gold. B103.1.3
- Bird shows way by dropping feathers every seven steps. B151.2.0.1
- Exchange of common cow for gold-dropping cow made by daughter when her father stops at her home for the night. D871.1.1
- Spider dropping on person's back as ill omen. D1812.5.1.12.3
- Spider dropping on one's front a good omen. (Cf. D1812.5.1.12.3.) D1812.5.2.11
- Dwarfs kill giantess by dropping millstone on her head. F451.10.2.1
- Woman fed by bees' dropping honey into her mouth (lie). F561.6
- Food-dropping trees. F811.5.1
- Man uses umbrella under trees. (To protect self from falling branches and bird droppings.) H591.2
- Deduction: the one-eyed camel. A she-camel has passed, blind in one eye; on the one side she carries wine and on the other vinegar; two men lead her, one a heathen and the other a Jew. Solution: She is recognized as a she-camel by the footprints; she is blind because she feeds on only one side of the road; the wine dropping down has soaked into the earth; the vinegar makes bubbles; the heathen is not so careful in his manners as is the Jew. J1661.1.1
- Dropping dough thought to be a ghost. It drops on the floor and the man thinks the place is haunted. J1782.2
- Alleged gold-dropping animal sold. K111.1
- Pseudo-magic money-dropping ass beaten to death by buyer; cheat says: "Return my ass, I shall return your money." K249.3
- Eavesdropping sexton duped into giving suppliant money. The trickster prays to the Virgin for a certain sum of money and promises repayment of double at the end of the month. The sexton throws the money to him, but never receives it back. K464
- Dupe persuaded to fight with alleged gold-dropping bear: trickster meantime steals his clothes. K1252.1