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- Thrush steals woodcock's song. (Cf. A2423.1.1, A2423.2.1.) A2245.1
- Hazel-cock's body made smaller. (Cf. A2231, A2213.1.) A2302.2
- Origin of peacock's feathers. (Cf. A2241, A2245.) A2313.3
- Origin of cock's red crest. A2321.10
- Why the cock's comb becomes white when he is angry. A2321.10.1
- Woodcock's ugly voice. Exchanged with thrush. (Cf. A2245.1.) A2423.1.1
- Peacock's ugly voice. (Cf. A2236.2.2.) A2423.1.2
- Origin and meaning of cock's cry "cock-a-doodle-do". A2426.2.18
- Dragon from cock's egg. (Cf. B12.1.) B11.1.1
- Basilisk hatched from cock's egg. Usually, a seven-year-old cock. Egg must lie in manure. (Cf. B11.1.1.) B12.1
- Peacock's feathers ruffled in presence of poison. (Cf. B143.1.2.) B131.5
- Cock's comb becomes white. D492.1
- River contained under cock's wings. D915.2
- Cobold hatched out from a seven-year-old cock's egg or a boar's testicle. F481.0.1.1
- Circular house rotating on cock's claw. F771.2.6.1
- Devil has cock's feet. G303.4.5.9
- Cock's second mate lets her stepchildren starve: woman warns husband accordingly. J134.1
- Jay in peacock's (pigeon's) skin unmasked. J951.2
- Preserving the cock's freedom. A boy recently home from school sees his mother trying to catch the cock. "Don't mother, don't break his freedom or we will suffer for it." J1892
- Cock's blood given spirits instead of human blood. K525.9
- Cock's advice proves disastrous to himself. He causes the ox and the ass to rebel but the master learns the cause of the trouble and kills him. K1633
- Cat unjustly accuses cock and eats him. Although all the cock's defenses are good the cat tells him that she can no longer go hungry and eats him. U31.1
- The cock's whiskers. A mouse throws a nut down and hits the cock on the head. He also steals the cock's whiskers. The cock goes to get an old woman to cure him. The final formula is: Fountain give up water for forest, forest give up wood for baker, baker give up bread for dog, dog give up hairs to cure the cock. (Variant: mouse loses tail.) Z43