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- Arts taught man by angel. A1460.1
- Sparrow taught to sing by lark but not sufficiently: where sparrow got voice. A2271.2
- Animals taught one another's language. B215.0.1
- People taught by God to work: claim they learned by own efforts. C53.1
- Power of prophecy lost by spitting. When possessor of power on request spits into mouth of man who has taught him, he loses the power. D1812.6.1
- Science of reincarnation taught. E600.2
- Young sparrows have learned to avoid men. Sparrow quizzes his four young as to how to avoid danger from men. Their year of experience has taught them enough. J13
- Wisdom (knowledge) taught by parable. J80
- Minister taught by parable to make obeisance to the new king. J80.2
- Wisdom taught by parable: cloud which gives rain to thirsting crops or drops it in ocean. J88
- Wisdom (knowledge) taught by parable. J99
- Relative pleasures of sexes in love taught by parable. J99.1
- Wisdom (knowledge) taught by necessity. J100
- Wisdom taught by suicidal example. Man is ordered by Senate to make tyrant stop bloodshed. He kills himself and family to satiate tyrant of blood. J173
- Witness cannot speak language of accusation: discredited. Two parrots taught accusation of mistress in a particular dialect. They know nothing more of the language. (Cf. G1154.1.) J1152
- Teaching chickens to talk. Fool believes they can be taught. J1882.1
- Horse taught to live without food. Dies. J1914
- The polite rescuers. Pupils are taught to clap their hands and say "God bless you" when one sneezes. As they are rescuing a drowning man by a rope he sneezes. They all clap their hands and he falls back into the water. J2516.3.2
- Horse to be taught to speak. K491.2
- Dupe induced to incriminate himself. Taught incriminating song or persuaded to wear incriminating clothes. K1066