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Motif

Sleep-walker thought to be a ghost until discovered.

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 J1782.7

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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.

Filed beside it
Robber or dog in church thought to be a ghostDropping dough thought to be a ghost. It drops on the floor and the man thinks the place is hauntedNoise in house thought to be ghostMan sleeping in stable (abandoned cabin) thinks entering animals are ghosts: kills themAnimal with lighted candle thought to be ghost. (Cf. K335.0.5.1.)Person in white thought to be ghostPerson in haunted house shoots off all his toes thinking they are ghosts. (Cf. J1838.)

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