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- Valuable object turns to worthless, for breaking tabu. C967
- Magic object to be chosen from among identical worthless objects. Insect helps in choice. D859.5
- Magic object exchanged for worthless. Foolish brother (wife) exchanges old object for new. D871.1
- Fairy gift disappears or is turned to something worthless when tabu is broken. F348.0.1
- Seemingly worthless gifts of water-spirits turn to gold. (Cf. F451.5.1.4. and cross references there given.) F420.5.1.7.2
- Dwarfs' gold. Seemingly worthless gift given by dwarfs turns to gold. F451.5.1.4
- Gaelic titles given to the devil: the worthless one; the one whom I will not mention; yon one; the one big one; the one from the abyss; the mean mischievous one; the big sorrow; the son of cursing; the big grizzled one; the bad one; the bad spirit; Black Donald. G303.2.4
- King: Show me a ruby eight for a pice, nectar eight for a pice, and a faithless creature worth one-eighth of a pice. Minister: The lamp sells at eight for a pice and gives more light than any ruby; the water is the real nectar; and the dog is worthless and faithless lover because he follows anyone who feeds him. H587.1
- Foolish bargain: good fish for worthless shell; shell with pearl in it for small fish. J2081.2
- The persuasive auctioneer. The auctioneer praises the man's worthless cow so much in his speech that the man takes her back himself. J2087
- Boy refuses pearls for worthless stones; jeweler recognizes them for what they are. J2093.3.1
- Stupid boy convinced that trading all his silver for worthless cup will gain people's respect. J2096
- Trickster, as watchman, exchanges worthless bag for bag of gold at night. K126
- Sale of worthless animals. K130
- Other worthless animals sold. K139
- Sale of other worthless objects. K140
- Sale of worthless glass as diamond. K142
- Worthless fruits (plants) sold. K147
- Sale of worthless objects – miscellaneous. K149
- Sale of worthless services. K150