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Aarne, Anti and Tompson Stith
The Types of the Folktale

Helsinki, 1973 (FFC, № 84)

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The Cat and the Candle. A man has a cat trained to hold up lighted candles on its head. The king has a mouse let loose. The cat drops the candle and chases the mouse. [J1908.1]. (Often used as a method of cheating in a game [N7].)

**Cosquin Le conte du chat et de la chandelle (Paris, 1912); Basset RTP XXVII 330; Kohler-Bolte II 639; Wesselski Arlotto II 238 No. 131. - Latvian 1; Swedish 4 (Stockholm 1, misc. 3); Irish 47; French 2; Italian (Sicilian 1); Serbocroatian 1; India 20. - West Indies (Negro) 2.