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- Magic stream quenches fire. (Cf. D915.2.) D1382.8
- Magic object quenches fire. D1566.2
- Saint's bachall quenches fire. (Cf. D1277.) D1566.2.1
- Magic fan quenches fire. (Cf. D1077.) D1566.2.2
- Magic song quenches fire. (Cf. D1275.) D1566.2.3
- Salamander's blood quenches fire. (Cf. D1016.) D1566.2.6
- Bird's pea gets stuck in socket of mill-handle. She goes to carpenter, king, queen, who refuse to help. She asks snake to bite queen, stick to beat snake, fire to burn stick, etc. Final formula: cat eats mouse, mouse cuts plant creeper, creeper snares elephant, elephant drinks up sea, sea quenches fire, fire burns stick, stick beats snake, snake bites queen, queen speaks to king, king chides carpenter, carpenter cuts mill handle, and pea is extracted. Questions in rhyme. Z41.6