18.   Sieve. The sieve, an important tool at bread-baking, as the floor was sieved through it. Apart were used for a peculiar way of future-telling, using beans as well. The sieve with the beans on was shaken or hit, and the future could be told from the scattering of the beans. Mostly people wanted to kow their future love, but also this method was used for trying to locate missing animals.

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