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- Disenchantment by burying victim and sowing grain over him. D719.1
- Water raised from tank by burying ring in it. D2151.5.1.1
- Person burying treasure kills person to supply guardian ghost. E291.1
- Ghost laid by burying bell from church in one pond, the clapper in another. If the two ever come together again, the ghost can walk. E459.6
- Dead head grateful for burying it. E783.8
- Breaking spell by burying bottle of water, preventing witch from urinating until the bottle is emptied. G271.4.7
- Breaking spell by burying animal alive. G271.4.10
- Test of wife's ability to keep secret: the buried sheep's head. Husband tells her that he is burying head of murdered man. She is to keep secret. She tells. When head is dug up it is sheep's head. H472.1
- Burying the mole as punishment. K581.3
- Three sods that none may escape: "The sod of his birth, the sod of his death, the sod of his burying." Z71.1.10