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- Animal as farm laborer. B292.9
- Chicken as laborer. B292.9.2
- Not a drop of water will remain in tank no matter how hard laborers work. (Cf. D921.2.) D1542.3.5
- Fairies as laborers. F271
- Task: stealing laborer's pajamas. H1151.22
- Damages for the field devastated by a flock. David says pay money damages. Solomon says let laborers have flock till milk and wool have paid the damages. J1179.1
- The laborer teaches his master birds' talk. Puts him in a sack and beats him. K1068.1
- Seduction by feigned stupidity. Cautious farmer seeks laborer who knows nothing about sex. Trickster makes silly explanation of copulation of animals. When admitted into service, seduces both farmer's wife and daughter. K1327
- Devil as substitute for day laborer at mowing. He mows with a magic sickle. The evil overseer tries to keep up with him and dies of overexhaustion. M213
- Laborers. P410
- "What says David?" – Boy: "Pay your old debts." Variants: (a) What evil did Adam do? – He (shoemaker) made my shoes too small. (b) What kind of man was Moses? He was a day laborer. X435.1