Why Jews smell bad. They rubbed Christ's body with garlic

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Why Jews smell bad. They rubbed Christ's body with garlic.

Mythological motifs. · Creation and ordering of human life. · Distribution and differentiation of peoples. · Characteristics of various peoples – in personal appearance. · view the constellation · filed as A1662.1

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LithuanianBalys Index No. *1867A.

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Filed under Peculiar smell of body.

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Task for devil: washing a Jew (Jewess), to rid him (her) of the evil smell. (Cf. A1662.1.)

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