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- Saint orders the cicadas to sing the praises of God or be silent, because they disturb his preaching. D2156.7
- Dead man praises God. E576
- Recognition by overheard conversation with bridge. Bridge which will trip up bridal party if king is not marrying an equal. Disguised princess praises bridge for its recognition of her equality with the king. H13.2.1
- Liar rewarded by the apes. King of apes asks visitors how they like his children (courtiers). Truthful visitor tells that they are very ugly, and is punished. Liar praises their beauty and receives reward. J815.1
- Bad writer who praises himself reprimanded. J953.2.1
- Cynic praises power of reason. Tells Alexander that the power of reason makes even a poor man as great as a king. J1442.1.1
- The falcon not so good as represented. A nobleman praises his falcon. His fool, supposing they were praising the falcon as food, kills the bird, but is disappointed in the taste. J1826
- The persuasive auctioneer. The auctioneer praises the man's worthless cow so much in his speech that the man takes her back himself. J2087
- Husband praises wife's fidelity. Rascal tests it and finds it lacking. J2342.4
- Numskull praises his daughter as being pregnant. He tries in vain to sell his cow and succeeds only when he says that she is with calf. When suitors come wooing his daughter, he tries the same plan disastrously. J2427
- Wager on wife's complacency. Though the man has foolishly bargained everything away, she praises him and he wins the wager. N11
- Barber alone praises usurer. Custom not to bury dead until someone has something good to say about him. No one will praise a dead usurer until a barber is willing to say that he had a good beard. X511
- Drunk man at the wedding. Goes to sleep and never reaches it, though at home he praises the wedding. X813