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- Why crab lifts eye out of body or has eye behind. (Cf. A2231.10, A2231.1.3.) A2332.4.2
- Magic object lifts heavy object from river bottom. D1547.3
- Strong man lifts horse (ox, ass). F624.1
- Strong man lifts large stone. F624.2
- Strong man lifts millstone. F624.2.1
- Strong man lifts large stone with one hand. F624.2.2
- Strong hero lifts cart. F624.3
- Strong man lifts plow. F624.4
- Strong man lifts ton of rye. F624.5
- Strong hero lifts house. F624.6
- Tree seizes person and lifts him up. F979.4
- Taking the short-cut. Farmer takes a few feet off his journey and lifts a wheelbarrow over 22 stiles in so doing. J2119.2.1
- The Lord above; the lord below. A husband returning home surprises a woman and her paramour and a numskull who has blundered in. The woman hides the numskull in the bed and the paramour under it. The husband, who is leaving on a journey, lifts his hands to heaven and says, "I commend you to the Lord above." – The numskull: "Commend her rather to the lord below!" K1525
- Lie: man lifts heavy load, sinks into solid rock. X1733.1