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- Symbolic interpretation of ineffectual thatching of house and building of fire in otherworld. (Cf. F171.6.5, F171.6.6.) H619.4
- Task: hatching boiled eggs. H1023.1
- Task: hatching boiled eggs; countertask: sowing cooked seeds and harvesting the crop. (Cf. H951, H952.) H1023.1.1
- Task: hatching eggs immediately; countertask: sowing seeds and bringing in crop next morning. (Cf. H951, H952.) H1023.1.2
- Task: thatching roof with bird feathers; half blow away while other half are sought. (Cf. F171.6.6.) H1104.1.2
- Swallow advises hen against hatching out serpent's eggs. She is hatching her own destruction. J622.1.1
- Absurd ignorance concerning the hatching of eggs. J1902
- Numskull sits on eggs to finish the hatching. Cautions people to be quiet and not frighten the eggs. (Sometimes puts on honey and feathers before sitting on the eggs.) J1902.1