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- Origin of yams (sweet potatoes, taro). A1423.1
- Farmer tells begging monk that potatoes are hard as stones: why potatoes are hard. A2721.3.2
- Why potatoes are hard. (Cf. A2721.3.2.) A2793.4
- Witch steals potatoes, leaving no traces. D2087.8
- Potatoes mistaken for "irregular eggs", or "eggs of the earth." J1772.1.2
- "Plowing out potatoes." Fool plows them out of ground. J2465.13
- Bungling fool forgets what elephant is called. Says it is an "earth egg" (confused with name for potatoes). J2671.3
- Man digs three potatoes in one day: one dug, one being dug, one about to be dug. W111.5.12
- Lies about potatoes. X1435
- Lie: large potatoes. X1435.1