A woman, pretending to be very pious, was, however, a witch who prevented women from giving birth. She used to come to the women in travail and say she would pray for them. Then she would go home and remove the spell and the women were easily delivered. One day she left a boy in the house, who heard a noise from a cask in the corner. He lifted the top and he found the spells which were thus broken. The people thus discovered her witchcraft and drove her from the town.
413 a [f. 20 aj. A pious man was told in a dream that Nanas the butcher would be his companion in Paradise. Grieved and surprised he went to find out the merits of that butcher. He was told that Nanas gave away half his property in charity. This did not satisfy the pious man and at last Nanas said that a long time ago, he had ransomed a young girl who had been carried away captive. She grew up in the house and he betrothed her to his son. Among the guests was a young man who was weeping all the time. He asked him the cause and learned that he was betrothed to that young girl who was now going to marry his son. When Nanas heard that he renounced the marriage and married the young man to the girl who was really his bride, gave them rich gifts and sent them home. The pious man was happy to have him as his companion in Paradise.