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AFC_08943: Divinatory practice: Getting information about one's fated spouse

Collected in: Bihor (Transilvania) by Ion Cuceu; Maria Cuceu; at C?r?s?u (1970)

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Collector's Categorization: practic? magic? (magic practice)

Local Designation: țânutul dă dată

Informant: Maria Iag?r (unknown); F age 42, Illiterate

Translator(s): Sanda Golopentia

Reference(s): AFC 08943

Timing & Setting: [None] [V] once (implicit), Epiphany (eve of E.and following day); Other (home) [T]

Inventory Items

 

Esoteric (flat bread baked on the bottom of the pot) [T]

 

Other (the pole of the hall-stand) [T]

 

Other (avoid: the priest, sitting, giving hand with people, kissing (even a baby)) [T]

 

Other (fast on the eve of Boboteaza; bake a pogace; put it on the pole of căput) [T]


[modified on: 10 February 2025 08:53:09 by Sanda Golopentia]