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- Why steer has no hair on his nose. (Cf. A2221.5.1.) A2335.2.5
- Helpful steer. B411.6
- Transformation: man to steer (bullock). D133.5
- Hero tests sword by cutting steer in two. F611.3.3.1
- Man swings wild steer by horns round and round till it is stunned, casts it to ground. F628.1.2.2
- The priest made sick of his bargain: three words at the grave. A poor man in return for a steer gets permission from the priest to speak three words at the burial of his enemy, the rich man. Priest: "From earth are you come." Man: "Now the steer is dead." Priest: "In earth shall you remain." Man: "Father, do you want the meat?" Priest: "I wish you were in hell!" etc. K262
- Lie: remarkable ox or steer. X1237