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*e c (Quilt), II *c, III (Pears and peaches), IV a b. 2. LRAC no 113. oc 1. ECPE no 133: Mt 301 B I a, II a c, IV a b, V a b, VI f (Golden ball) + Mt 326 *A. | ||
| *B. | Boy dies of fear. [A fair opposite to "Juan sin miedo"]. [ar] 1. PMC p. 101. | |
| 327. | I | c*¹ Sister eats figs brother throws down. f Cf Mt 311 IV a. |
| III | b Cf Mt 314 IV and Mt 313 III c. | |
| *IV | After ogre is burned, two hunting dogs appear. [B 421]. They save boy when hunters attempt to kill him [B 524]. | |
| Porto Rico: Mason-Espinosa JAF XXXVIII 594 no 10; XXXIX 324 no 14; 325 no 15; 330 no 18; 274 no 21; 346 no 31. | ||
| A. | ex 1. BTPE X 271: I a b c*¹ d, II a b (Mouse's tail) d (Ogre), *IV. | |
| B. | Cf Mt 1120. | |
| *D. | Two brothers leave home. A bird carries off sister's necklace or ring [N 355], telling her she can find it at her brothers' house. After wandering she arrives, puts their house in order and hides [N 831]. On third day they discover her. She keeps house for them. One day her fire goes out and she goes to neighboring ogre or witch for fire. Witch kills her own daughter by mistake because girl sleeps on wrong side of bed; or she must let ogre suck her finger and she grows thin. Brothers catch ogre in a trap and bury him. A cabbage grows there. Brothers eat it and become oxen. Cf Mt *453. as 1. CTA p. 60: Mt 327 *D + Mt 408 III a b, IV *b. oc 1. ECPE no 114: Mt 327 *D + Mt 408 II *d, III a (Servant girl sticks pin in her head) b c, IV *b. | |
| *E. | Small boy strays to house of old woman who gives him bread and puts him to bed. He sees her pre- | |
