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| A cucumber being offered a poor man he refused it because it was crooked. Turkish. | 1 |
| Bolts a door with a boiled carrot. | 2 |
| Hard by the river he digs a well. Latin. | 3 |
| He baked snow in the oven. German. | 4 |
| He brings a staff to break his own head. | 5 |
| He expects that larks will fall ready roasted into his mouth. French. | 6 |
| He expects to find water at the first stroke of the spade. Spanish. | 7 |
| He has given the hen for the egg. German. | 8 |
| He has killed the goose that laid the golden egg. | 9 |
| Lay on more wood, ashes give money. | 10 |
| The egg hurls itself against the stone. Chinese. | 11 |
| The glass-dealer’s horses fell out and he looked on to see which kicked hardest. Spanish. | 12 |
| To bind a dog with the gut of a lamb. Latin. | 13 |
| To cut down an oak and plant a thistle. | 14 |
| To cut down an oak and set up a strawberry. | 15 |
| To fight with one’s own shadow. | 16 |
| To fill bags with meal against the wind. German. | 17 |
| To find a mare’s nest. | 18 |
| To fish in the air, to hunt in the sea. Latin. | 19 |
| To foul the stream and expect the stream to be pure. Chinese. | 20 |
| To go mulberry gathering without a crook. French. | 21 |
| To go rabbit hunting with a dead ferret. Spanish. | 22 |
| To go to the vintage without baskets. | 23 |
| To kill the hen by way of getting the egg. French. | 24 |
| To pull down the house for the sake of the mortar. Italian. | 25 |
| To put bread into a cold oven. Latin. | 26 |
| To put the cart before the horse. | 27 |
| To put water into a basket. Dutch. | 28 |
| To take one foot out of the mire and put the other foot into it. Spanish. | 29 |
| To take out of one pocket to put in the other. | 30 |
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