The first form of this story is very common in Jamaica. It is told by
Pamela Smith, Candoo, 28–30; Wona, Do-mek-I-see, 9–18. The introductory
trick is generally told as an independent witticism.
Compare: Basset 11, 93–95; 102; Barker, 39–44; Dayrell, 20–28; Parsons,
Andros Island, 141 and note for further references. See Grimm 36, The
Wishing Table, the Gold-ass, and the Cudgell in the Sack, discussed in
Bolte u. Polívka, 2: 336–361.