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- Magic sickle. D1206.1
- Sickle with life in it. E772
- Sickle punished by drowning. In a land where the sickle is not known the new sickle cuts off the head of a man. It is drowned. J1865
- Sickle punished by being tied in top of a tree. The men hang themselves in the attempt. J1865.1
- Sickle laid in field and told to cut grain. J1881.1.6
- Hot sickle put into water to cure its fever. J1959.1.1
- Grain shot down with guns. People unacquainted with the sickle. J2196
- Sickle bought at great cost given back. In a land where the sickle is not known the new sickle cuts off the head of a man and is thereupon given back to the original owner. J2514
- Mowing contest won by trickery. The man takes the center of the field. The ogre is given a dull sickle and mows around the outside of the field. K42.2
- Sale of reputed self-operating sickle. K119.1.2
- Devil as substitute for day laborer at mowing. He mows with a magic sickle. The evil overseer tries to keep up with him and dies of overexhaustion. M213
- Sickle sold for fortune in land without sickles. N411.2
- Sickle as only inheritance. N411.2.1