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- Foolishness of king's taking a washerman for chief minister; washerman makes no preparation for war and kingdom is conquered. [Inadvertant duplication of U129.3.] J677
- Escape by disguising as a washerman. K521.4.3.1
- Washerman rescues abandoned child. R131.8.3
- Parents successively bury alive their sons who mention something about smith's, potter's, washerman's, and tom-tom beater's trade, but keep fifth child who says something about being future king. S311.1
- Washerman as minister thinks of washing and fails the king. [Inadvertant duplication of J677.] U129.3
- Mourning about the dead ass (Tulsi Das): from washerman to the queen. "But who is Tulsi Das?" The report is traced back to the washerman, who says: "He was my ass." Z32.5