Closing formula of the folktale: one or two people who met the teller after the tale feast or were present at this party became bald and/or lame because of a hot food get on the head and/or a thrown bone or bowl
| Areal ID | Tradition |
| 3.5.3.1 | Hungarians |
| 3.5.3.2 | Romanians, Moldavians, Aromanians |
| 3.5.4.1 | Gagauz |
| 5.1.3.1 | Abkhaz |