You still hear of people in west Wales renovating old houses and finding small bottles of beads buried under doorsteps to confound witches, or upturned sythe blades in chimneys to keep them from entering the house that way.

One gentleman I know found a horse's skull (with ribbons) under the main room's floor boards. Don't know if it was a Mari Lwyd which got 'retired' or something else. I think we can rule out a natural death.

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