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- Origin of "Mary's bed straw" (thymus serpyllum). A2654
- Origin of straw. Formerly whole blade became grain. Straw left for dog. A2685.2
- Transformation: straw to snake. D441.9
- Transformation: straw to gold. D475.1.20
- Magic straw. D1276
- Straw on horse's back restrains him. (Cf. D1276.) D1442.2
- Magic powers from swallowing a straw. D1735.1
- Ghost sails over sound on bundle of straw. E581.7
- Reincarnation as a grass straw. E631.2.1
- Soul as straw. E745.3
- Fairy replaces man's heart with heart of straw. Eyes with wood, etc. F281
- Bridge of straw. F842.1.5
- Bean, straw, and coal go journeying. Coal burns straw in two and falls into the water. Bean laughs until it splits. F1025.1
- Witch in form of blade of straw. G212.1
- Witch rides on horses transformed from straw. G241.3.1
- Straws as protection against witch. G272.12
- Straw driven into witch's track immobilizes her. G273.7.1
- Thief detected by building straw fire so that smoke escapes through thief's entrance. The secret hole into the building is thus discovered and the thief caught. J1143
- God's omniscience. A woman tells her brother of God's omniscience. When he is ill and the priest has been called, he creeps under some straw and hides. The priest leaves. The man: "If God were so omniscient he might have found me for the priest." J1617
- To cover house with straw. Word for wife is similar, so wife is covered. J1805.1.1
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