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- Why Palmyrenes have narrow eyes. A1666.2
- Ant thrown from heaven: hence narrow waist. God decides dispute between ant and spider in spider's favor. (Cf. A2355.1.2.) A2214.2
- Why zabi's eyes are narrow: because he laughs so hard. A2332.3.2
- Why khijur leaves are long and narrow: split with an arrow. A2741.5
- Tabu: grumbling at narrowness of certain boat. C881.1
- Narrow road to heaven. F57.1
- Broad and narrow road in otherworld. F171.2
- Husband has friend woo his wife: seduction narrowly averted by frightened husband's intervention. H492.2.2
- Task: putting a large squash whole into a narrow-necked jar. H1023.11
- Two men meet in narrow passage. One says: "I do not give every coxcomb the wall!" The other says: "I do, sir!" J1369.3
- Ship built with a wooden saw. The ship has no bottom and is so narrow that nothing can get into it. J2171.1.1
- The bungling host. A trickster (animal) visits various animals who display their peculiar powers in obtaining food (often magic). He returns the invitation and tries to provide food in similar ways. He fails and usually has a narrow escape from death. (Cf. J2411.3.) J2425
- Sham dumb man wins suit. The trickster meets a man in a narrow place in the road and calls out to him to make room. The man refuses and the trickster turns over the cart. In court the trickster plays dumb. The plaintiff says, "He is not dumb; he called out to me several times to get out of the way." Damages are assessed against the plaintiff for negligence. K1656
- Strangers to be given precedence over man at home. Duke permits visiting duke to go through narrow path first. This sets custom. P631
- Blind man crosses a narrow bridge which his guide is afraid to attempt. U171
- Saint confines himself in narrow pen during Lent. V462.8.1
- Remarkably narrow valleys. X1521