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- Tabu: disbelief in religious teachings. C61
- Tabu: teaching genealogy of chiefs to commoners. C564.6
- Fairy mistress demands mortal lover deny Christian teachings. F302.8
- Task: teaching an ass to read. H1024.4
- Task: teaching animal to speak. H1024.7
- Task: teaching horse to speak. H1024.7.1
- House dog blames master for teaching him lazy habits. J142.1
- Raven killed by apes who will not receive his teaching that a shining stone is not fire. J1064.1
- Cow punished for calf's misdeeds. Blamed for not teaching calf better. J1863
- Teaching chickens to talk. Fool believes they can be taught. J1882.1
- The three teachings of the bird (fox). In return for release from captivity the bird (fox) gives the man three teachings. These usually mock the man for his foolishness in releasing what he has. (See for these counsels: J21.12, J21.13, J21.14.) K604
- Escape by teaching song to watchman. K606.0.2
- Teaching Latin. Cuts off tip of pupil's tongue or orders him to lick cold iron – pupil injures himself. K1068.2
- Seduction under pretence of teaching a game. K1315.7.2
- Punishment for scoffing at religious teachings. (Cf. Q415.8, Q458.0.5, Q551.10.1, Q552.7, Q552.8, Q552.13.1.2, Q553.1, Q554.3, Q554.4, Q555.1, Q558.1.) Q225
- Person miraculously lifted into air and dashed to death as punishment for scoffing at church teachings. (Cf. Q225.) Q551.10.1
- Death by fire from heaven as punishment for scoffing at church teachings. (Cf. Q225.) Q552.13.1.2
- Music teacher charges double for those who have taken music before. One fee for teaching and one for making them forget the old teaching. X351