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- Why a lamp must be lighted in a house at least every fortnight. A1599.14
- Tabu: sleeping in house lighted after sunset. C735.2.4
- Disenchantment by maidens walking with lighted candles in procession. D759.6
- Hand-of-glory does not awaken sleepers. The hand is lighted as a candle. D1575.1
- Blighted garden magically restored to beauty. D2195
- Resuscitation after murderer is buried in the earth, wood laid over him, and a lighted lamp on its top. E185.1
- If no lamp is lighted in a house for a period of fourteen days, ghosts take it for their dwelling. E593.3
- Fairy takes revenge for being slighted. F361.1
- Witch breaks bridegroom's leg when slighted by bride. G269.12.1
- Animal with lighted candle thought to be ghost. (Cf. K335.0.5.1.) J1782.5
- Numskull shoots grasshopper which lighted on the shoulder of his friend and kills friend. J1833.1
- One man strikes at partridge which has lighted on second man's head. J1833.1.2
- The cat and the candle. A man has a cat trained to hold up lighted candles on its head. The king has a mouse let loose. The cat drops the candle and chases the mouse. J1908.1
- "Hang out lanterns." Officer calls to householders to hang out lanterns. One hangs out lantern but does not light it. The next night the officer calls to them to hang out lanterns and candles. He hangs out a lantern with a candle in it but unlighted. The next night the officer calls out to hang out lanterns and candlelight. J2516.5
- Lighted sponge in mouth of dead causes illusory breathing. K1885.1
- Cauldron containing lighted torch brought into enemy's camp ostensibly to be used for serving food: torch uncovered as signal for attack. K2369.8
- Woman must relight magic fires as punishment. Magician in revenge for ill-treatment causes the lights of the city to go out. They can be relighted only from the naked body of the woman in the public square. None can be relighted until all have applied their torches. Q492
- (Sacrificial) fire from which all others must be lighted. V1.6.3.1.1
- Lazy man's belongings burn. He is too lazy to stop rats from playing with lighted candle. W111.1.1.2
- One-eyed parson in dimly lighted church joins the wrong couples. Marries the old man to the girl and the old woman to the boy. X413