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Alphitomancy (from , and ) is a form of divination involving barley cakes or loaves of barley bread.

When someone in a group was suspected of a crime, the members of the group would be fed barley cakes or slices of barley bread. Supposedly, the guilty party would get indigestion, while all others would feel well.

See also

  • Corsned
  • Alphito
  • Crithomancy

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