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- Corpse's hand as remedy. (Cf. D996.) D1500.1.6.1
- Flames issue from corpse's mouth. E421.3.7
- Two devils (male and female) extracted from corpse's belly. G303.1.8
- Ring to put on corpse's finger. A thief holds a corpse up to a lord's window. The lord shoots the corpse and leaves to bury it. The thief goes to the lady and gets a sheet to bury the corpse in and a ring to put on his finger. K362.2
- Wife throwing husband's corpse into river (according to custom) is caught by corpse's arm and drowned. N339.14
- Punishment: calf's head in murderer's hand turns to corpse's head. (Cf. Q211.) Q551.3.3
- Eats up the money. Old man before dying eats his money. In church, son wants to cut corpse open and get the money. The devil: "Don't spoil the skin." Shakes money out of the corpse's throat and takes the skin. W151.7
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