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RULER UNFOLDED STRETCHED OUT AT BED
Volume 5, entries 10457. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → HAG AND WITCH RETURN. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 10457
Take new ruler [folding six-foot rule] lay it open, extend it out, drives ghosts or hags away. [Here is a problem for ghost or hag to solve! Here is another numbers or counting problem.]
The account says an extended ruler drives ghosts or hags away; the counting-problem explanation is bracketed editorial matter.