…this transformation occurs if these ground fruit have been kept for more than ten days: then the gathered pumpkins stir all by themselves and make a sound like ‘brrrl, brrrl, brrrl!’ and begin to shake themselves.

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  • Dharma Curious (he/him)
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    53 hours ago

    Firstly, that’s hella interesting.

    Secondly, I did not realize that the Roma were (are? Some are/were?) Muslim. I associated the Roma with Catholicism and Hinduism.

    Thirdly, how the fuck does one use a pumpkin as a syphon?

  • @I_Fart_Glitter
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    44 hours ago

    Curious what exactly they get up to…

    These pumpkins and melons go round the houses, stables, and rooms at night, all by themselves, and do harm to people. But it is thought that they cannot do great damage to folk, so people are not very afraid of this kind of vampire.