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- Transformation by encircling object thrice. D563
- Magic stone turned thrice compels person to return to it. (Cf. D931.) D1429.1
- Wild hunt goes thrice around pond. E501.14.3
- Giant occupies space of thrice nine men. F531.2.9
- Think thrice before you speak. The youth obeys literally the precept even when he sees the master's coat on fire. J2516.1
- The corpse handed around. (The thrice-killed corpse.) Dupes are accused of murder when the corpse is left with them. The trickster is paid to keep silent. K2151
- Lie: clouds beaten by man until they promise to water his crops thrice daily. X1642
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