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- Moon made from shining fragments. A cap is opened and shining things fall out. Children pick them up and put them into a box. At the end of the month the box is full. The full moon shines when all the fragments are gathered together. A742
- Ghosts gathered on a bridge. E496
- Icicles gathered by saint as firewood burn. F962.9
- What is the land that has seen the sun only once? (The land on which the waters were gathered after the creation.) H822.1
- Gullible husband removes from wife's garment dust gathered while she lies with another man. J2301.3
- Dwarf king (fairy) laughs at the absurdities he sees about him. (1) Sees man who is to die that day complain that his shoes are too thin. (Cf. J2174.) (2) Sees women adorn their heads when they are immoral below. (Cf. J2050.) (3) Sees man remove from his wife's garment dust gathered while she lay with another man. (Cf. J2301.3.) (4) Sees persons making plans while forgetting to say, "If God wills." U15.0.1