Alphitomancy
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Alphitomancy (from Template:Langx, and Template:Langx) is a form of divination involving barley cakes or loaves of barley bread.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
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.<ref name=Alphitomancy>Template:Cite web</ref>