Dzhidzha relays a story about how her mother performed a ritual of removing fear on her children which involved melted tin. The ritual is performed as follows. A piece of tin is melted in a metal scoop. Then the tin is poured into a big bowl of water diluted with butter. The bowl is held over the head of the patient, then at the level of the forehead and then at the throat. In the water the liquid tin consolidates and takes various forms that are believed to represent the source of fear (i.e. animals, birds, etc.). After this the child spits into the bowl three times. Three pinches of ash from the oven are added to it. After the contents are poured far away, the bowl is left outside the house for three days.