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- Compressible canoe. Can be made pocket size. D631.3.1
- Compressible ship. Can be put into vest pocket. (Cf. D1123.) D631.3.1.1
- Magic pocket. D1064
- Churchyard mould gives clairvoyance. Placed in pocket in order to see witches. (Cf. D1278, G250.) D1323.8
- Inexhaustible pocket furnishes money. (Cf. D1064.) D1451.1
- Diamond in snake king's forehead in hero's pocket opens lake waters to reveal a pathway to underground palace. (Cf. D1071.) D1551.7.1
- Ogre's life in parrot's feather in man's pocket. E715.1.3.1
- Coat pockets of water-spirits are dripping with water. F420.1.7.2
- Giant carries man in his pocket (glove, bosom). (Cf. F531.5.3.) F531.5.1.1
- Thumbling carried in pocket. F535.1.1.13
- "Don't do anything without investigation": counsel proved wise by experience. A purse full of money was found in dead man's pocket by gravedigger. J21.48
- Fool's talking causes himself and companions to be robbed. Thieves stumble over him as he lies on the ground. "What is this, a log?" The fool: "Does a log have five annas in its pocket?" When they have robbed him he says, "Ask the merchant in the tree if my money is good." They rob the merchant. J2356
- Man contracts for load of hay on the road (without making any payment), orders the seller to deliver it at a certain inn. He then goes to the inn, sells the hay to the innkeeper, and pockets the money. The owner of the hay delivers it at the inn, tries to collect at the inn; the trickster absconds. K282.1
- Man stands on pillory to attract attention. Confederate picks pockets of men who come to jeer. K341.24
- Pickpockets strike man on leg so that he takes his hand off his purse. K357
- Tortoise persuades tiger captor to put him in pocket with hole, escapes. K563.2
- Opposing witnesses's pockets filled with dung. Discredited. K1291
- Take care of the stopper! The son puts the stopper into his pocket, and all the tar (beer) runs out. K1414
- Sexton's dog steals sausage from parson's pocket: parson flees. X411.1
- Parson is to let a dove fly in the church. It dies in his pocket. X418