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- Why carpenters are found everywhere: flood scatters them on raft over world. A1445.2.1
- Goddess scatters pubic hairs on fish: why he has so many bones. A2211.15
- Witch scatters tools at night. G265.1
- Besieger scatters beads in protecting hedge: besieged destroy hedge to find beads. K2367
- Bride scatters presents among groom's relations. T136.4.3
- The hen lays an egg, the mouse breaks it. Sorrowing over this mishap, all show extraordinary behavior; the master puts an end to it. Final formula: hen strips off feathers, rubbish heap catches fire, oak falls to ground, hare drowns self, magpie twists leg, ox breaks horns, river flows blood, maid breaks pails, housewife scatters dough. Master locks up wife and maid, goes to seek people more foolish. Z39.5