Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25926288-20161031005929/@comment-25733960-20161031011714

Eskaver wrote: 1. The thing is Liam must have hit a growth spurt, Regina must have taken a few months trying to cast the curse, and Cora must have hid away and found that portection spell staff. A stretch. Regina would have noticed that Cora's corpse was missing. Her body was in the castle.

Also, when Cora cast the shield spell she was wearing the same dress she had in the coffin.

That's why we have always thought both scenes took place in the same day.