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- Test of valor: rousing servant's anger. Nobleman, when examining servants for hire, bids each stand before him and comb his long beard. Occasionally he snaps at them as if to bite them. Those who dodge he lets go; those who offer fight he employs. H1561.4
- To decide which is master and which servant they are to put heads through window and servant's head is to be cut off. Servant draws back. J1141.1.6
- Asking favor when master is in good humor. Fool waits till master is laughing at servant's stupidity. J2461.8
- Wife takes servant's place and discovers husband's adultery. The husband says that he is going into a state of meditation with a cloth over his face. He substitutes a servant and goes to his mistress. The wife finds the deceit and takes the servant's place. On his return the husband tells the supposed servant of his adultery. K1585
- Maidservant's confederate feigns coming out of woman's bedroom. K2112.2.3
- Wager about tree names: learned and common names. Brahmin gives learned names but servant's common names are confirmed by illiterate peasants. N51.1