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Warlocks kill the youngest male in the family who has not
been baptized and takes the fat from the body and uses it for
power to fly.

Submitter comment: As the informant told this to me I could see that she was
only relating a folklore to me. I do not believe she actually
took this to heart.

Where learned: ALABAMA ; MOBILE

Subject headings:

BELIEF -- Witch Shaman
BELIEF -- Baptism Naming rite

Date learned: 00-00-1960

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