ScrollerBall comments on Does anybody know that one movie where they throw grave dirt in front of a vampire to keep him busy and he counts it before it even hits the ground?

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[–] ScrollerBall@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Not sure it would be dirt. More likely to be small distinct things like seeds or rice.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online [S] -2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

When you place dirt from their grave in front of them the undead are forced to count the grains.

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[–] ScrollerBall@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I think you are conflating a few different bits of lore.

It was mustard seeds:

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[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online [S] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Strange. Why would that even work?

EDIT: Checks out, Macedonian Folklore published in 1903 cites it as an old Greek folklore. https://archive.org/details/macedonianfolkl01abbogoog/page/218/mode/2up?q=count

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