Animal with lighted candle thought to be ghost. (Cf. K335.0.5.1.)

Motif

Animal with lighted candle thought to be ghost. (Cf. K335.0.5.1.)

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Absurd misunderstandings. · One thing mistaken for another. · Things thought to be devils, ghosts, etc. · view the constellation · filed as J1782.5

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Scholars’ trail — 1reference

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

U.S.Baughman.

Within the index

Filed under Things thought to be ghosts.

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Robber or dog in church thought to be a ghost Dropping dough thought to be a ghost. It drops on the floor and the man thinks the place is haunted Noise in house thought to be ghost Man sleeping in stable (abandoned cabin) thinks entering animals are ghosts: kills them Person in white thought to be ghost Sleep-walker thought to be a ghost until discovered Person in haunted house shoots off all his toes thinking they are ghosts. (Cf. J1838.)

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Thief places candles on crabs (bugs). When they are turned loose in the churchyard the parson and the sexton think that they are the souls of the dead. Meanwhile the thief steals from them

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