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- Magic ring multiplies wealth. D1456.2.1
- Magic object multiplies objects. (Cf. D2106.) D1599.3
- Magic egg multiplies objects. (Cf. D1024.) D1599.3.1
- Coin multiplies itself. (Cf. D1288, D2106.) D2100.2
- The wife multiplies the secret. To prove that a woman cannot keep a secret the man tells his wife that a crow has flown out of his belly (or that he has laid an egg). She tells her neighbor that two crows have flown. Soon he hears from his neighbors that there were fifty crows. J2353
- Deceptive wages: two grains and land to plant them on. Grain multiplies and takes up all of dupe's land. K256.2
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