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A poor man observes robbers who enter into a mountain. Uses, like them, the words “Open up” and gets gold from the mountain. His rich brother tries to do the same thing but is killed. The rich brother lends his money scales to the poor brother; a piece of money remains in the scales and thus betrays the secret. When he is in the mountain he forgets the formula for opening it.

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    Language
    English

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    “Once upon a time there was a woodcutter and he was very poor.”

    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Ross
    Informant
    Pat Ross
    Age
    73