Fleeson. Laos Folklore

Title: Laos Folk-Lore of Farther India
Author: Katherine Neville Fleeson
Year: 1899

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Right and Might
Eyeless-Needle, Rotten-Egg, Rotten-Banana, Old-Fish and Broken-Pestle = Five Lazy, Wicked Men

also of interest:
The Wizard and the Beggar (theme of gratitude, but only two judges)
“To Aid Beast is Merit; to Aid Man is But Vanity” (rescue from pit)
The Justice of In Ta Pome (a nice example of "folkloric three")

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