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Motifs
- Ghost laid when rest of poem is recited. E451.10
- Incantation which when recited over certain "lots" causes them to distinguish between guilt and innocence. H245.1
- Thief detected by sieve and shears. Sieve put on open shears and then grasped by two fingers so as to balance. Charm recited. If sieve trembles when name is called, that person is guilty. H251.3.3
- "Runs." Conventional passages of set form within a tale, usually recited in a different voice from the rest. Z14