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- The rescuers' Sabbath. A Jew, fallen into a pit, refuses to be rescued on Saturday, his Sabbath. The next day he calls for help but the Christians refuse to rescue him on Sunday, their Sabbath. J1613
- 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
- Trickster cheats rescuers into digging his well. The well that he has dug falls in. He throws his clothes into the hole and hides. People going to church think that man is drowned and dig the well out. K474
- Escape by falsely reporting approach of rescuers. K545
- Respite from death until victim has blown on a horn (three times). Rescuers come. K551.3
- Joint rescuers quarrel over rescued princess. R111.7
- Rescuers. R150
- Angels as rescuers. R168
- Other rescuers. R169
- Rescued person horrifies rescuers: e.g., they swoon on seeing him. R188
- Friar so miserly that he stays in ditch three days before "lending" a hand to his rescuers. W153.5
- Lawyer thrown back into mud when rescuers learn that he is a lawyer. X317