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- Dog-headed people. Peasants persecuted by one-eyed and dog-headed savages. B25.1.2
- Dwarfs emigrate because they dislike peasants' dancing and loud music. F451.9.1.9
- Directions on quest given by herdsmen (peasants). H1232.1
- Cleverness of men disguised as peasants dissuades rivals from dispute. Wise men of two rival cities engage in dispute. One delegation disguises as peasants and debates with their adversaries. Latter withdraw fearing how clever the educated must be if their peasants are so learned. J31.1
- Priest who never reads mass. Peasants complain of his ignorance. He says that they stand so close to him that he is afraid they might memorize and then pay no attention to his reading of it. J1263.1.3
- Living crucifix chosen. Peasants take their old crucifix to an artist for a new one. The artist asks them whether they want a living or dead crucifix. Argument: living God takes less for upkeep and he can be killed later. J1738.2
- Peasants in city inn order whole portion of mustard. J1742.3
- Did the calf eat the man? A fool, liking the shoes on the feet of a man hanged on a gallows, cuts off the swollen feet in order to carry off the shoes. In the room in which he sleeps that night is a newborn calf. The next morning the man takes the shoes but leaves the feet. Peasants agree that the calf has eaten the man all but the feet. They burn the house to destroy the calf. J1815
- Swimming (fishing) in the flax-field. Peasants go to visit the sea. They see a waving flax-field, and, thinking it is the sea, jump in to swim. J1821
- A profitable fight: three for one! A priest boasts of his profitable fight with the peasants, where he has received three blows for every one given. J2213.2
- Let them eat cake. The queen has been told that the peasants have no bread. J2227
- What killed the wolf. Peasants find a dead wolf and debate what killed it. A learned man shows that it froze internally from eating cold flesh. J2284
- Foolish peasants carry couple to burial; when "corpses" speak they flee in terror. J2311.9
- Peasants want a living God. An artist, ordered to make a crucifix, asks peasants if they want a living God. They say yes. "If we don't like him we can kill him ourselves." J2495.4
- Wise men disguise as peasants. K1816.9.1
- The single cake. Restricted to a single cake during Lent, the peasants make one as large as a cart wheel. K2311
- Wager about tree names: learned and common names. Brahmin gives learned names but servant's common names are confirmed by illiterate peasants. N51.1
- Peasants punished for working on feast day. They cannot leave the field for several days. (Cf. Q223.) Q559.4
- Peasants fed white bread demand the rye bread to which they are accustomed. U135.3.2