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- Person sees equally well by night or day. F642.4
- Suitor contest: bride offered to the one distinguishing himself most in battle. Girl loves both suitors equally. H331.2.1.1
- What is best religion – Christian or Mohammedan? They are equally good: as both eyes are equally dear to you, so are both religions to God. (Cf. J1262.9.) H659.5.1
- The gray and the black hairs: enemies reconciled. Duke summons two inveterate enemies. Has them tear out one of his hairs, one a gray, the other a black. Both pain him equally. He shows how their quarrels hurt him. They are reconciled. J83
- The lion's share. Ass divides booty equally between himself, fox, and lion. Lion eats ass. Fox then divides: gives lion meat and he takes bones. J811.1
- Those who furnish equal number of animals for plow share equally in crop (in spite of amount of work done by each). J1179.11
- Dividing five eggs equally between two men and one woman. Three to the woman and one each to the men. Men already have two (testicles). J1249.1
- The porter's revenge for the three wise counsels. A man offers a porter three wise counsels for carrying his goods. "When anyone tells you that hunger and satisfaction are the same, don't believe him." The second and third are similar and equally valueless. The porter throws down the load: "When anyone tells you that any part of this load is not broken, don't believe him." J1511.6
- Ungrateful son punished by having a son equally ungrateful. (Cf. Q281.1.) Q588
- Shoemaker drinks more than his portion of "drink of lies", which has been prepared for all to partake of equally. X242