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- Eight handfuls of food only to be eaten during ceremony. C231.5
- Churchyard mould produces love. Girl takes three handfuls and passes it over churn. (Cf. D1278.1.) D1355.6
- Ox bought; buyer also claims load of wood attached. Later deceived man disguises and sells sharper another ox for "handful of coppers." He is allowed by court to claim the hand as well. J1511.17
- Handful of black pepper taken into mouth instead of cooking it in food. J1813.6
- The reckoning of the pot. A man counts the days of the fastmonth by throwing a pebble each day into a pot. His daughter throws a handful of pebbles in. Asked the day of the month, he says that it is the 125th. J2466.2
- Child born carrying handful of hair. T552.4