Alphitomancy (from
Greek alphito, 'barley', and manteia, 'divination') 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.
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