--- C:\src\lex\xp\jquery-1.2.6.js	Tue Jul 15 17:14:17 2008
+++ C:\src\lex\xp\jquery.js	Tue Jul 15 17:28:24 2008
@@ -935,7 +935,23 @@
 
 		return ret;
 	},
+	
+	discardElement: function( element ) {
+        var garbageBin = document.getElementById('IELeakGarbageBin');
+        if (!garbageBin) {
+            garbageBin = document.createElement('DIV');
+            garbageBin.id = 'IELeakGarbageBin';
+            garbageBin.style.display = 'none';
+            document.body.appendChild(garbageBin);
+        }
 
+        // move the element to the garbage bin
+        garbageBin.appendChild(element);
+        garbageBin.innerHTML = '';
+        if (element.__listener)
+            element.__listener = null;
+    },
+    
 	clean: function( elems, context ) {
 		var ret = [];
 		context = context || document;
@@ -993,9 +1009,14 @@
 				div.innerHTML = wrap[1] + elem + wrap[2];
 
 				// Move to the right depth
-				while ( wrap[0]-- )
+				while ( wrap[0]-- ) {
+			        var oldDiv = div;
 					div = div.lastChild;
-
+					oldDiv.removeChild(div);
+					jQuery.discardElement(oldDiv);
+					oldDiv = null;
+				}
+				
 				// Remove IE's autoinserted <tbody> from table fragments
 				if ( jQuery.browser.msie ) {
 
@@ -1019,6 +1040,13 @@
 				}
 
 				elem = jQuery.makeArray( div.childNodes );
+				
+				while (div.firstChild) {
+				    var child = div.firstChild;
+				    div.removeChild( child );
+			    }
+				
+			    jQuery.discardElement(div);
 			}
 
 			if ( elem.length === 0 && (!jQuery.nodeName( elem, "form" ) && !jQuery.nodeName( elem, "select" )) )
@@ -1315,6 +1343,7 @@
 			});
 			if (this.parentNode)
 				this.parentNode.removeChild( this );
+			jQuery.discardElement(this);
 		}
 	},