Thief frightens priest as the latter crosses cemetery. Meanwhile a confederate steals his chickens

Motif

Thief frightens priest as the latter crosses cemetery. Meanwhile a confederate steals his chickens.

Deceptions. · Thefts and cheats. · Thefts. · Means of hoodwinking the guardian or owner. · view the constellation · filed as K335.0.5.2

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Filed under Owner frightened from goods by apparitions of the dead. (Cf. K335.1.2.)

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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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