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According to the people in Ciporlos Samar, the witch has a big jar.  Every night she crawls head first into the jar and sta ys there in a vertical position. In .ihon, the witch hears the moan- sick persons within a wide radius. ii as she determines her victim, figs grow on the instant and she i her destination. There she goes I he house and is transformed into una! incubated in her which may Og, a cat, a pig, or the like. After s sucked the blood of the sick and eaten part of his internal or- k Ii as liver and intestines, she goes ind feeds her pet animals.    Flying habits of the witch are ly described by informants Leyte and Samar. The witch ordi-l lies at midnight. Before her flight plies magic oil under her armpits; ake her wings grow instantly. The detaches the upper part   of  her  body (head, shoulders, and hands) from the lower part (waist below). With only the upper part of her body, she flies away, leaving the lower part in a certain pos...

Before one can protect himself against the evildoings of a witch one must know how to detect her presence. Folk belief has developed a number of devices. A witch may also be recognized thus: If you suspect someone to be a witch and you meet her in the daytime look her straight in the eyes. A witch will avoid your eyes because she cannot look straight into them. On certain days, namely, Fridays and the days of Lent, the image of an' object in the eyeball of a witch is inverted. According to the old people, this is a sure way of recognizing a witch at daytime. Holy oil also plays a role in detecting a witch. A similar kind of oil is produced from a one-eyed coconut obtained on Holy Fridays. This oil, placed in a bottle, will start boiling in the presence of a witch; it is, therefore, a sure way to detect her. When a member of a family is suspec­ted by the others to be a witch, they can turn her while asleep to another posi­tion. If the person is a witch, she will not wake u...