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- Ownership of magic object. D801
- Man poisons couple, owners of magic gong, and gains possession of it. D838.11
- Objects rebel against their owners. D1649.6
- Post falls when owners lose estate. E766.3
- Beard travels detached from owners. F545.1.6
- Inscribed name on article as token of ownership. (Cf. H94.10.) H86
- The drunken officer's stolen mantle. Thief confronted by the officer tells all the circumstances of the drunkenness (with many shameful additions). The officer denies the ownership. J1211.2.1
- Imagined ownership: derived from a dream. Man claims ownership of bulls because he has dreamed of them. He is given their shadows. J1551.7
- Divided ownership of cow. The brother who owns the front end tries to drive the cow and will not let the owner of the rear end milk her. J1905.3
- Owners frightened away from goods by report of deadly epidemic. Poor parson thus rids himself of unwelcome guests; they leave food they have brought. K335.0.2
- Trickster fills supposed treasure box with trash. Joint owners each accuse other of theft. K2131.4
- "To every cow belongs its calf," a legal principle applied to question of ownership of copy of manuscript. P526.1
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