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- Culture hero has seven pupils in each eye, seven toes on each foot, seven fingers on each hand. A526.5
- Eye with several pupils. F541.3
- Eye with two pupils. F541.3.1
- Eye with three pupils. F541.3.2
- Eye with four pupils. F541.3.3
- Eye with seven pupils. (Cf. A526.5.) F541.3.4
- His pupils grab a dog's tail and think it is their master's. J2015
- Anticipatory whipping. A schoolmaster whips his pupils to keep them from wrong-doing. He does not wait until after the deed is done. J2175.1
- The polite rescuers. Pupils are taught to clap their hands and say "God bless you" when one sneezes. As they are rescuing a drowning man by a rope he sneezes. They all clap their hands and he falls back into the water. J2516.3.2
- Teacher threatens to curse pupils if they disobey. P343