There should be a profession that's like a locksmith where they just come over and find the thing that's not where it's supposed to be, for a modest fee. Wallets, keys, phones, whatever. They know all the tricks, but--and this is very important--they don't have the same blindness you do about where things exist in your home so they will try places you wouldn't.
Tony, Tony, come around. Something's lost and can't be found
- Your Catholic grandma, probably.
(Not mine, she lit a candle to San Antonio instead)
If you lose something and want to find it, you have to grab a sock, make a knot on it and recite:
- San Cucufato, san Cucufato, los cojones te ato. Y si no encuentro lo que busco, no te los desato.
Translation: Saint Cucufate, saint Cucufate, i'm tying your balls. And unless i find what i'm looking for, i'm not untying them.
Apparently, the saint then will then work to make your object magically appear, so you release his testicles from torture. But my wife lost a ring months ago and we haven't found it again, so i guess this saint is really into bdsm or something...
You can even find the spell on his wikipedia page:
