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ELF BELIEF

WHENEVER YOU DIG A HOLE IN THE EVENING PUT CROSS(ED) STICKS ABOVE THE
HOLE AND TIE A STRING TO THEM SO IT HANGS DOWN. AT MIDNIGHT THE
ELVES WILL COME AND USE YOUR HOLE TO CLIMB OUT.

Submitter comment: DONALD LEE WAS NOT CERTAIN THIS WAS JAMAICAN LORE.
DONALD LEE LEARNED THIS ITEM IN BUFF BAY, JAMAICA.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings:

BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome
BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour
BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications

Date learned: 10-31-1975

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