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- Scratching cats in hell. A671.2.13
- Man in the moon from scratches or paint. A751.5
- Man in the moon: moon's face scratched by hare in retaliation for injury to hare. (Cf. A2216.3.) A751.5.1
- Earth from worm scratched by creator's nails. A828
- Origin of swirling motion of water. Animals and birds scratch in it. A1118
- Death comes into the world by treachery of the gods: stick used by man for scratching his back is changed into cobra. A1335.14
- Chipmunk's back scratched: hence his stripes. As he is trying to escape, bear catches him with his claws and marks him permanently. (Cf. A2413.2.) A2217.2
- Why cock scratches for food. A2435.4.8.1
- Why hen scratches in ground. A2477.2
- Transformation by scratching. D565.10
- Magic white, red and yellow stone causes hail, sunshine or fire, according to which side is scratched. (Cf. D931.) D1540.2
- Magic scratching (itching). D2063.4
- Saint scratches surface of earth with his spear and treasures of gold and silver are revealed. D2157.1.1
- Giant comes to bake too soon; spills dough. Giant who has common oven with another thinks he hears companion in next valley scraping the kneading trough. He bakes his dough but finds he is too early and that he has only heard himself scratching. He spills the dough: hence fruitful soil. (Cf. F451.7.2, F455.3.5.) F531.3.7
- Strong hero asks that chickens stop scratching. When his master throws millstone on him he complains that chickens are scratching dirt on him. F615.3.1.1
- Witch begs man to scratch her back: kills him. (Cf. G262.) G269.1
- Witch scratches person. G269.15
- Hen put in witch's hair to scratch while maid escapes. G276.1
- Clandestine lover identified by scratches left on face by lady. H58.2
- Task: cutting down tree without scratching for stinging insects. (Scratches surreptitiously while gesticulating.) H1184