In some areas the amulets are still made with black and white ropes, for warding off evil.

The bridge was secured by thick black ropes tied to two blocks of stone.

Just another rock, bleached white by the sun, and covered in thick black ropes of seaweed.

And she found the web of black rope that had trapped Foxeye.

His hair, too, had been greased, and hung in thick, heavy black ropes from his head.

His black rope was still hanging over the battlement.

The flag has a green and black rope edging.

What at first appeared to be a black rope arced out from him, his arms were flung wide, and he hit the ground.

A black rope held them back from the door their eyes were locked on.

They laid him in the earth and the pallbearers pulled away the thick black ropes.