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- Speech magically recovered when third person guesses secret transaction. D2025.3
- To give the accounting afterward. A nobleman embezzles money from the public treasury. When counsellors urge an accounting, he replies that he is ready as soon as they have themselves made an accounting of all their transactions. They are ready to let well enough alone. J1627
- Trickster fills his gallon jug half full of water, then has it filled with rum at the store. When seller refuses credit, he pours back half gallon of the liquid – now half rum and half water. Sometimes trickster repeats operation, getting richer mixture with each transaction. K231.6.2.2