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- Helpful animal recovers magic food-producing skin from river bottom. B531.3
- Fish recovers ring from sea. B548.2.1
- Fish recovers key from sea. B548.2.2
- Frog recovers keys from sea. B548.2.2.1
- Duck recovers lost key from sea. B548.2.2.2
- Fish recovers lost fish-hook from sea. B548.2.3
- Fish recovers pen from sea. B548.2.4
- Fish recovers lost urn from sea. B548.2.5
- Frog recovers Sacred Host from water. B548.5
- Magic object acquired by trick exchange. By means of second magic object hero recovers first. (Often mixed with D832). D831
- Sickness of princess dependent on witch's fire. When fire is high, princess is very sick. Princess recovers when fire is put out. (Cf. D2065.4.) D2064.2
- Fairy recovers stolen cup by posing as a beggar. F361.2.1
- Magician recovers lost object with devil's help. G303.22.2
- "Keep head dry, feet warm, and eat meat": counsel proved wise by experience. King recovers from illness. J21.29
- The sacrament for sale. Sick woman calls the parson but recovers meanwhile He insists on her taking the sacrament and charges for it. "Set it here on the table; perhaps I can sell it again." J1261.2.1
- A man without a stomach. The man complains that he is a mere slave of his stomach. His wish is granted and the stomach taken away from him. He discovers soon that life has become very uninteresting to him, and recovers his stomach again. J2072.4
- Conqueror of robber discovers his money-stick. Thinking that he has killed the robber, the man takes his stick or knife with big handle. The robber recovers and, disguised as a beggar, inquisitively looks at the stick. The man is suspicious and by examining finds much money inside it. K437.4
- Retrieving the buried treasure. Buried money is stolen. Blind owner pretends that he is going to bury more. Thief returns the money hoping to get all. Blind man recovers original treasure. K1667.1.1
- Blind man asks thief to invest a larger sum for him. The greedy thief puts back the stolen money hoping to get more. The blind man recovers his money. K1667.1.2
- The stupid monk recovers the stolen flocks. A nobleman steals the abbot's flocks, saying that the monks have no use for them since they eat no meat. The most learned of the monks tries to recover them, but without success. The most stupid is then sent. Asked to dinner, he eats till he can hold no more. He tells the nobleman that he ate as much as possible since he could take back with him only what he had in his stomach. The nobleman pleased with the reply returns the flocks. L141.1