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Folklore from the Southern Sporades.
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or rows of meaningless letters, the following directions are given (fol. 1):[1]
(1) "For loosing of a married couple; to be done when you will, that you may loose them. A spiritual person or priest, on a large white platter[2]—write first thus[3]
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Then write the 35th Psalm,[4] which says, 'The unrighteous
- ↑ (
Greek characters) "Let us attend" and "Holy things to the holy" are cues in the Greek Liturgy. See J. N. W. B. Robertson's Liturgies, Nutt, p. 392. The word a (Greek characters) has η clearly written but it may be a mistake for (Greek characters).
- ↑ The meaning is not that the priest is on the platter, but the construction breaks off. It should continue "let him write." Much of the language is very obscure.
- ↑ i.e., (Greek characters), "Jesus Christ conquers." Compare above, vol. vii. p. 149. The same symbol is on the wooden stamps used for stamping Church Bread. A specimen is sent for the Society's Museum.
- ↑ This is misquoted from the 36th Psalm according to our Bible.
