Note 6 — Chapter X · WITCHCRAFT.
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There are some sorcerers in the Thána District who can move a small brass cup or váti by the power of their magic. They can detect a witch by the movement of this vessel. When the brass vessel or váti reaches the house of a witch, it at once settles upon the witch’s head. She is then threatened by the people that she will be driven out of the village if found practising her black art.6