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that if a witch wished, it could come at night and injure them, in some way and they would not know it until they woke up. Then they would have fearful injuries and sometimes the witches would hurt and destroy their best stock.
One time a woman, believed to be a witch, died and during the funeral, which was afoot, a black goat suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and walked ahead of the preacher and coffin. When they reached the cemetery people were worried and uneasy about this strange thing but the goat just vanished as it had come.
Some men got started to playing cards one day and they played on and on and would not stop, until some days later one of them looked under the table and saw a black demon there. They all were frightened and quickly gave up the game. The demon disappeared.
Note: Funerals in rural districts in Russia, were mostly conducted on foot as the cemeteries were usually at hand and very few could afford carriages.
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