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- Why cuckoo flies with difficulty, and sings with wings spread. A2442.2.2
- Mermaid appears once each year, sings in choir, entices young man to follow her. B81.3.2
- Mermaid sings divinely in church (before enticing man away). B81.13.6
- Boar sings song. B211.1.4.1
- Dog sings song. B211.1.7.1
- Animal whistles (sings, etc.) B214
- Crab sings about his captivity. B214.1.8.1
- Bird sings to console man. B292.5
- Fish bears men-children. Has swallowed rinsings of man's mouth. B631.3
- Swan song. Swan sings as she dies. B752.1
- The one compulsory song. Beer cannot be brewed until an old man sings the song of the origin of beer. C671
- Knife sings as warning of fraud. (Cf. D1083.) D1317.17
- Magic hymn assures heaven for person who sings it. (Cf. D1275.3.) D1588.3
- Headless body sings. D1615.8
- Poet sings day after his death. (Cf. E342, E546.) E371.3
- Ghost sings. (Cf. E546.) E402.1.1.4
- Mistreated boy sings unto water spirits to take him: waters rise up in tank to engulf him. F420.5.2.2.2
- Giantess sings so that it gives echo in all cliffs. F531.3.8.4
- Devil becomes an angel. Forced by monk, devil sings a hymn and becomes a white angel as he was before the sin. G303.8.1.2.1
- Devil sings (dances) on grave. G303.9.8.3