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 [67. The Tree-wife.]

NOTE: 

67. The Tree-wife.

Compare Torrend, 40-44. For the answering spittle, compare Tremearne, 210; answering tufts of hair, Theal, 131; see note to number 15 and Bolte u. Polívka 1:499; 2:526-527. For beliefs about tracing something lost by means of spittle, see JAFL 2:51, 52.


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