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1405 The Lazy Spinner Lazy Spinning Woman
1408 The man who does his wife's work Ashliman Examples
1408C String of Chickens (includes AT 1876) The Poor Boy in the Grave
1415 Trading Away One's Fortune Ashliman Examples
1415 Trading Away One's Fortune Hans in Luck
1422 The Parrot and the Adulterous Woman Ashliman Examples
1423 The Enchanted Pear Tree Ashliman Examples
1430 Air Castles Ashliman Examples
1430 Air Castles Lazy Heinz
1430 Air Castles Lean Lisa
1450 Clever Elsie Clever elsie
1451 A suitor chooses the thrifty girl Ashliman Examples
1451 A suitor chooses the thrifty girl The Hurds
1452 Choosing a Bride by How She Cuts Cheese Ashliman Examples
1452 Choosing a Bride by How She Cuts Cheese Choosing a Bride
1453 Bride test: key in flax reveals laziness Ashliman Examples
1476A Prayer to Christ's Mother The Girl from Brakel
1510 Widow of Ephesus Ashliman Examples
1525 The master thief Master Thief
152A wife scalds the wolf The Fox and His Cousin
1535 The Rich Peasant and the Poor Peasant The Little Peasant
1540 The student from Paradise (Paris) Ashliman Examples
1548 Stone Soup Ashliman Examples
1558 Welcome to the Clothes Ashliman Examples
1562A The Barn is burning Ashliman Examples
1586 Man in court for killing a fly ( Foolish friend) Ashliman Examples
1592 The Iron-eating Mice Ashliman Examples
1592B Pot has a child and dies Ashliman Examples
1620 The Emperor's New Clothes Ashliman Examples
1626 Dream Bread Ashliman Examples
1640 The Valiant Little Tailor The Brave Little Tailor
1641 Doctor Know-all Ashliman Examples
1641 Doctor Know-all Dr. Know-All

1641C Gibberish thought to be Latin Ashliman Examples
1642 The Good Bargain The Good Bargain
1645 Treasure at home Ashliman Examples
1650 The Three Lucky Brothers The Three Children of Fortune
1655 The profitable exchange Ashliman Examples
1675 The ox (ass) as mayor Ashliman Examples
1678 The boy who had never seen a woman Ashliman Examples
1681B Fool as Custodian of Home and Animals The Clever Servant
1696 What Should I Have Said? Ashliman Examples
1696 What Should I Have Said? Clever Hans
1696 What Should I Have Said? Going Traveling
1730 The entrapped suitors Ashliman Examples
1741 Priest's Guests and eaten chickens Ashliman Examples
1741 Priest's Guests and eaten chickens Clever Gretel
178A Innocent Dog Ashliman Examples
1791 The sexton carries the parson Ashliman Examples
1930 Schlaraffenland The Tale of Cockaigne
1930 Schlaraffenland The Tall Tale from Ditmarsh
1940 The Extraordinary Names Household Servants
1950 The three lazy ones Three lazy ones
1960A The Great Ox Threshing Flail from Heaven
1960D The Great Vegetable The Turnip
1965 Disabled Comrade Ashliman Examples
1965 Disabled Comrade Knoist and His Three Sons
2015 The goat that would not go home Ashliman Examples
2019 Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie Fair Katrinelje and PifPaf Poltrie
2021 The rooster and the hen The Death of the Little Hen
2022 Death of the little hen Little Louse and Little Flea
2022 An Animal Mourns the Death of a Spouse Ashliman Examples
2025 Runaway Pancake Ashliman Examples
2025 The Fleeing Pancake Ashliman Examples
2030 The Old Woman and Her Pig Ashliman Examples
2031C Mightiest being as husband for the daughter Ashliman Examples
2032 The Cock and the Mouse and The Sexton's Nose Ashliman Examples
2034 The Mouse Regains its Tail Ashliman Examples
2034F Clever animal and the fortunate exchanges (170A) Ashliman Examples
2035 This Is the House That Jack Built Ashliman Examples
2039 The Horseshoe Nail The Nail
2043 What Have You Got There? Ashliman Examples
2250 Unfinished tales Ashliman Examples
2260 The Golden Key Golden Key