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Theft

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Custom entitled 'Togal an Doinis' [Togail an Donais], 1895

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW1/67
Scope and Contents Custom written down by John Ewen MacRury, Beinn na Faoghla/Benbecula entitled 'Togal an Doinis' [Togail an Donais] describing how if something was stolen and the culprit not known, the suspects names were written on a piece of paper and if the person performing the charm could not write then a symbol was drawn to represent each suspect. The paper was folded longways, rubbed between the hands and dropped into a bowl of water. If the culprit's name was on the paper it would sink to the bottom...
Dates: 1895