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- Man wagers he can run with his head off. Asked what it will profit him, he says that it will profit his family. J322.1
- Drunk philosopher wagers that he can drink the ocean dry. Agrees to do so if the other will hold back streams emptying into the ocean. Agreed to drink only the ocean. J1161.9
- The forehanded servant. A parson boasts that when he asks his maid if certain work is done she always answers that it has been done long ago. A guest wagers that she can be trapped if she is asked whether she has thrown the parson's suit of clothes into the tub of water. She overhears the wager and has the suit in the water before he asks the question. J1614
- The wager that sheep are hogs. A trickster wagers with a sheep driver that the sheep he is driving are hogs. The next man to overtake them will act as umpire. The trickster's confederate now arrives and declares that they are hogs. K451.2
- Wagers and gambling. N0
- Wagers and gambling – miscellaneous. N9
- Wagers on wives, husbands, or servants. N10
- Wagers on unborn children. N16
- Other wagers. N50
- Wagers and gambling – miscellaneous. N90
- Woman wagers that she can seduce anchorite. T337