A Collection of Chain Tales: TMI-done

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TMI Z41.11A The little red hen

Baughman Z41.11A. The little red hen and the wheat. None of the animals helps prepare the wheat; all are willing to eat the bread. She eats it herself.

TMI Z21.5. The Hobyahs

Proudfit. The Hobyahs

Z21.5 The Hobyahs.

TMI Z52. Bird avenges caged mate.

The Valiant Weaver-Bird
The Valiant Blackbird (another version of the above)

Z52. Bird avenges caged mate. Builds cart, yokes frogs to it, arms himself with piece of reed, and proclaims war with king. Collects cat, ants, rope, club, and river. he is put by king into fowl house; cat east up fowls. In stable rope and club beat up horses. In elephant-house ants get into their brains and kill them all. Tied to king's bed, river floods king in his bed. King birds bird back his mate.

TMI Z49.14. The little old lady who swallowed a fly.

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

Z49.14. The little old lady who swallowed a fly. She swallows a spider to eat up the fly, a bird to eat up the spider, a dog to eat the bird, a cow to eat the dog. The little old lady swallowed a horse - she died, of course.

Baughman
WASHINGTON DC Van Winkle WF 14:129 1955
GEORGIA McIntosh HF 6:153-54 1947
OHIO: Martin et al HF 6:153 1947
COLORADO Martin HF 6:153 1947
NEW YORK Hoffman NYFQ 4:211 1948

TMI Z49.12. Hermit must get cat to kill rats

Raju. The Man and his Piece of Cloth

Z49.12. Hermit must get cat to kill rats in hut, cow to give cat milk, etc.

TMI Z49.11.1. Wall in construction collapses.

Upreti. The Saint, His Disciple, and the Fallen Wall

Z49.11.1. Wall in construction collapses. Finally the king finds out that the sea is guilty. The chain: mason - cement mixer - beautifully singing woman - pearl necklace - jeweller - diver - sea.

TMI Z49.7. Bird who seeks carpenter to release young

Emeneau. The Carpenter and the Karvaky Bird

Z49.7. Bird who seeks carpenter to release young caught in closed tree. Beetle bites calf. calf bites cow, cow hoofs carpenter, carpenter beats wife, hunters save carpenter's cow, carpenter releases birds.

TMI Z49.2.1. Fat mouse cannot get into hole.

Crooke/Rouse. How the Mouse Got into his Hole

Z49.2.1. Fat mouse cannot get into hole. "Carpenter, please pare off a little flesh from my ribs." Refused. Final formula: the scythe cuts the creeper loose.

TMI Z43.5 Boy changes self to nut

Weeks. The Son who Tried to Outwit his Father

Z43.5 Boy changes self to nut; fowl eats nut; bush cat eats fowl; dog eats cat; dog swallowed by python.

TMI Z42.3 Brahmin worships idol

Mukharji. The Brahman and His Idols

Z42.3 Brahmin worships idol and sets sacrifices before it daily. Rat devours offersings and he set is up as his idol as a being more powerful than his idol. When cat devours rat, he worships it instead. His wife accidentally kills the cat, so he sets her up to worship. He happens to slap her and she loses consciousness. Thereafter he worships himself as most powerful of all.

A Collection of Chain Tales