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- Tabu: stranger to play with someone without asking permission. C892
- Father-in-law gives daughter-in-law enigmatic permission to go home. H588.0.1
- Execution escaped by use of special permissions granted the condemned. J1181
- Fraudulent permission sold. K157
- The priest made sick of his bargain: three words at the grave. A poor man in return for a steer gets permission from the priest to speak three words at the burial of his enemy, the rich man. Priest: "From earth are you come." Man: "Now the steer is dead." Priest: "In earth shall you remain." Man: "Father, do you want the meat?" Priest: "I wish you were in hell!" etc. K262
- Trickster sells mother's wine to merchant without asking her permission. Mother saves part of wine because purchaser is dilatory in removing casks. K499.1
- Wild boar given permission to squeal before wolf eats him. Rescue arrives. K551.3.4
- Titmouse receives permission to sit on branch and sing before being sacrificed. K551.3.7
- Jackal in tiger's house has permission to sit with tail hanging down between bamboo stems. Enlarges gap thus made and escapes. K563.1
- Murder feigned to effect escape. Knight is refused permission to leave city. He rushes to city gates and pretends that he has just killed a public enemy. Is aided in his escape. K579.6
- Chaste woman refers lover to her husband for permission. K1231
- Discovery of abbot's (abbess's) incontinence brings permission to monks (nuns) to do likewise. K1274
- Bluff: wealth gained by seeming to be in the king's confidence. Courtier asks the king for a reward that will cost nothing. He gets permission to listen to the king's devotions. He now receives bribes because of his apparent influence. K1782
- Heaven entered by trick: permission to pick up cap. Trickster throws a cap or leather apron inside the gate. K2371.1.1
- Arrogant farmer allows none to ride his precious horse without permission. He kills the man who does it, but is in revenge deprived of most of his goods. L434
- King angry at hero who rides straight into the castle without permission. P14.11
- Permission refused to drink from water tank. W155.5
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