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J1786 Man thought to be a devil or ghost
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- Man costumed as demon thought to be devil; thieves flee · J1786.1 entry
- Woman thought to be devil; thieves flee · J1786.2 entry
- Man mistaken for Famine and Cholera in person · J1786.3 entry
- Priest exorcising demon mistaken for demon and beaten to death · J1786.4 entry
- Man thought to be devil by lion · J1786.5 entry
- Men, on first seeing wives with hair, think they are witches and run away · J1786.6 entry
- Lion thinks man astride him is monster: frightened · J1786.7 entry
- Man reported to be dead so that people flee from him as from a ghost · J1786.8 entry