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- Seller of trinkets tells of heroine's address of son as "tiger's son" and brings about recognition of true bride. H151.15
- Cheater put out of countenance by raising alarm. Wine seller carries water into his cellar. Man raises alarm pretending that he thought the house must be afire. J1216
- All appurtenances included. Butcher buyer demands saddle and ornaments along with camel (or the like). Seller later buys all heads in butcher shop: demands heads of butcher's family. J1293.5
- The ladder market. A thief climbs over a wall by means of his ladder. When caught in the garden he says that he is a seller of ladders. Owner: "Is this a ladder market?" "Can't one sell ladders everywhere?" J1391.2
- The cost price recovered. A man takes a shirt to market for a friend who has stolen it. At market it is stolen from the seller. He tells his friend that the market was bad and that he was able to get back only the cost price (nothing). J1397
- Seller of fox skins mixes otter skins with them. Thinks to cheat the buyer. J2083.3
- The considerate seller. A numskull having an over-short turban for sale at auction warns the prospective buyer that it is too short. J2088
- Seller advises buyer that cow is a thief. J2088.2
- Horse which will not go over trees. Salesman tells buyer that he is selling the horse because it eats too much and will not climb trees. On the way home the horse bites everyone and refuses to cross a bridge. Seller is literally correct. K134.1
- Deceptive land purchase: as much land as can be covered by saint's hood. Only by snatching up hood does seller prevent it from covering whole territory. K185.4.1
- The tall hog. Man boasts of hog so big that a man could not reach its back if he holds his hand as high as possible. A stranger buys the hog, sight-unseen. The seller takes him to the hog, shows the buyer that the hog's back is much below his hand when he holds it as high as possible. K196.2
- Trickster fills his gallon jug half full of water, then has it filled with rum at the store. When seller refuses credit, he pours back half gallon of the liquid – now half rum and half water. Sometimes trickster repeats operation, getting richer mixture with each transaction. K231.6.2.2
- Merchant buys the same article several times from the same or different seller. K258.2
- Man contracts for load of hay on the road (without making any payment), orders the seller to deliver it at a certain inn. He then goes to the inn, sells the hay to the innkeeper, and pockets the money. The owner of the hay delivers it at the inn, tries to collect at the inn; the trickster absconds. K282.1
- Seller of pardons robbed by man whom he has pardoned beforehand. The defence declared good by the judge. K1684
- Man winks both at buyer and seller. He tries to appear friendly to both. W171.1
- Buyer and deaf seller. X111.11
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