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785: Who Ate the Lamb's Heart ?

ATU > 750-849: RELIGIOUS TALES > 780-799: The Truth Comes to Light > 785: Who Ate the Lamb's Heart ?

Variants

785A. The Goose with One Leg

Accused of eating the goose's leg, the thief maintains that it had only one leg, and cleverly enforces his point by showing geese standing on one leg. (Usually the master confounds the rascal by frightening the geese so that they use both legs.)…

Examples

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Text titleATULanguageAuthorOriginPublication Date
Bruder Lustig785,330GermanJacob & Wilhelm GrimmGermany1812

External Examples

StoryATUOriginAuthorYearSource
Without Title 785A Netherlands 1999 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Without Title 785A Netherlands 1998 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Without Title 785A Netherlands 1974 Nederlandse VolksverhalenBank
Brother Merry 785 German Internet Archive

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