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- Origin of custom of not eating in the dark: devil eats from plates. A1512
- Dogs with eyes like plates, tea-cups, etc. B15.4.3
- Transformation: leaves on which meal is served turn to gold plates. D475.1.19
- Hero drives spear through seven iron plates. F625.1
- Task: drawing spear thrust through seven iron plates. H1149.7
- Task: producing seven pairs of chopsticks in seven plates. (A lacquered plate and pair of chopsticks – seven coats of lacquer.) H1199.16
- Test of strength: shooting through seven iron plates with arrow. H1562.13
- Society is like a dish: must be properly mixed. Plates having salt, pepper, fish, etc. not edible without mixing. J81.1
- The best music. What music do you like best? The sound of plates and spoons. J1343.1
- The wife who saw double. Sees two plates where there are one, etc. Thinks two men are with her. Husband: "See everything double except your husband." X121
- Woman meets a pig. "Good morning." "Why are you up so early?" "I am not up so early. I have drunk seven vats of milk and eaten seven plates of porridge and I shall eat you." She ate the pig. Z33.3