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- Why crow must build nests far from people's houses. A2431.3.6.3
- Why sparrow may build nest near people's houses; reward for hospitality. A2431.3.7.1
- Camrosh. Giant bird which collects seeds and sees that they are properly placed. Carries off the people's enemies. B35
- Magic bird collects seeds. Sees that they are properly placed. Also carries off people's enemies. B172.3
- Parrot and sparrow argue right to inherit property left by man. Sparrow says his interests are the same as man's; parrot says that he caused all man's wealth, since man sold his feathers. People's decision for parrot. B271.1
- Ghost sucks people's breath. E251.3.4
- Brother who conforms to naked people's customs honored. Two brothers go to the land of Naked People. One of the brothers wears clothes and is punished. J815.2
- The account-book of mistakes. A king, hearing that a man keeps an account-book of people's mistakes asks to see about his own record. He reads that the king has made a mistake in trusting a certain sum of money to a servant. King: "How if he comes back with it?" "I shall cross off your name and put him down for making a mistake." J1371
- Stupid boy convinced that trading all his silver for worthless cup will gain people's respect. J2096
- Fool sows his mother's seed rice on other people's fields. J2129.8
- Punishment for greed: streams of sugar, molasses, and milk from anchorite's tomb dry up and petrify because of townspeople's greed. (Cf. Q272.) Q552.3.5