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- Dwarf expert at making palm wine. F451.3.4.9
- Expert swordsman cuts clothes bag in two. (Cf. F611.3.3.1) F667.3
- Ducklings take to water from instinct. Bridegroom thus brought to understand bride's expertness in lovemaking. J64
- Oxen decide not to kill butchers, since inexpert killers might replace them. J215.2
- Detection of theft by finding bag-repairer. Two men are in a lawsuit and before witnesses seal the documents in a bag to await arrival of the king. One of the men cuts the bag open, changes the documents, and has a repairer sew it up again. On the king's arrival the change is discovered. By having a fine carpet repaired the expert repairer is discovered. Confession follows. J1141.5
- Bluff: climbing the mast. In a contest in climbing the mast the hero falls into the rigging. "You do the same thing," he challenges. The sailors are persuaded of his expertness. K1762