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- Why Russians wear their shirts outside their breeches. A1683.1
- Magic trousers (breeches). D1055
- Magic breeches bear person aloft. (Cf. D1055.) D1532.2
- Magic untiring breeches. (Cf. D1055.) D1657.1
- Person puts man's breeches over cow's head; the cow stops in front of witch's house. G257.5
- Catching the devil. The devil is caught with the help of a sacred article (rosary, scapular) or some other thing (band for binding breeches, a switch of the rowan-tree). G303.16.19.18
- Jumping into the breeches. Trying to draw both legs on at once. J2161.1
- Thieving contest: first steals eggs from under bird; second meantime steals first's breeches. K305.1
- Rascals pull off judge's breeches and leave him exposed. K1285
- Hostile brother-in-law made king's inferior by being tricked to hold his sword, while the king arranges his breeches belt. (Old custom). K1292
- Trickster's eggs become an omelet. Tries to avoid paying tax by hiding eggs in his breeches. The collectors make him sit down. K1693
- Unintentional injuries bring unfortunate consequences. (Sometimes the injuries are mere breeches of tabu.) N385
- Husband dons armor and forces the household to shout: "Long live the Master!" Takes off his breeches and dares his wife to put them on. Establishes his mastery in the home. T251.2.2
- There was once a woman; the woman had a son; the son had red breeches; etc. – At last: "Shall I tell it again?" Z49.4