Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, Volume 3G. Bell, 1901 |
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... cured by conveying of nayles , needles , feathers , and such like things into her close - stoole when she took physicke , making her believe that they came out of her bodie . " to the town . And why ? They could keep SORCERY OR ...
... cured by conveying of nayles , needles , feathers , and such like things into her close - stoole when she took physicke , making her believe that they came out of her bodie . " to the town . And why ? They could keep SORCERY OR ...
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... cure her of the witchcraft , a neighbour actually put her into a creed half- filled with wood and shavings , and hung her above a fire , setting the shavings in a blaze . Fortunately for the child and himself she was not injured , and ...
... cure her of the witchcraft , a neighbour actually put her into a creed half- filled with wood and shavings , and hung her above a fire , setting the shavings in a blaze . Fortunately for the child and himself she was not injured , and ...
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... cure the most incurable diseases , could transform them- selves into all kinds of animals , and foresee future events . " For another superstitious notion relating to the enchant- ment of witchcraft , see Lupton's First Book of Notable ...
... cure the most incurable diseases , could transform them- selves into all kinds of animals , and foresee future events . " For another superstitious notion relating to the enchant- ment of witchcraft , see Lupton's First Book of Notable ...
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... cure , " scoreing aboon the breath , " was performed upon them . And this was somewhat serious , as it was performed with some charmed thing , such as a nail from a horseshoe . ] In Adey's Candle in the Dark , p . 104 , we read ...
... cure , " scoreing aboon the breath , " was performed upon them . And this was somewhat serious , as it was performed with some charmed thing , such as a nail from a horseshoe . ] In Adey's Candle in the Dark , p . 104 , we read ...
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... cure of several congre- gations , which have been starved by dry - beasted ministers this long time bygone , and now are wandering like sheep but ( i . e . without ) shepherds , and witnesseth no sense of scant . " - “ 6 Janaure , 1650 ...
... cure of several congre- gations , which have been starved by dry - beasted ministers this long time bygone , and now are wandering like sheep but ( i . e . without ) shepherds , and witnesseth no sense of scant . " - “ 6 Janaure , 1650 ...
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