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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... fire on May - day a witch , nor will they give it to any but sick persons , and that with an imprecation , be- lieving she will steal all the butter next summer . On May- day they kill all hares they find among their cattle , supposing ...
... fire on May - day a witch , nor will they give it to any but sick persons , and that with an imprecation , be- lieving she will steal all the butter next summer . On May- day they kill all hares they find among their cattle , supposing ...
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... Fire , ) " according to my nurse's account , must be a haggard old woman , living in a little rotten cottage , under a hill , by a wood - side , and must be frequently spinning at the door ; she must have a black cat , two or three ...
... Fire , ) " according to my nurse's account , must be a haggard old woman , living in a little rotten cottage , under a hill , by a wood - side , and must be frequently spinning at the door ; she must have a black cat , two or three ...
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... fire , in order to confine the spirit ; but this sometimes did not prove sufficient , as it would often force the cork out with a loud noise , like that of a pistol , and cast the contents of the bottle to a considerable height ...
... fire , in order to confine the spirit ; but this sometimes did not prove sufficient , as it would often force the cork out with a loud noise , like that of a pistol , and cast the contents of the bottle to a considerable height ...
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... houses of the west end of London have the horseshoe on the threshold . It should be a horseshoe that one finds . In the Bermudas they used to put an iron into the fire when a witch comes in . Mars is 16 SORCERY OR WITCHCRAFT .
... houses of the west end of London have the horseshoe on the threshold . It should be a horseshoe that one finds . In the Bermudas they used to put an iron into the fire when a witch comes in . Mars is 16 SORCERY OR WITCHCRAFT .
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... fire when a witch comes in . Mars is enemy to Saturn . " He adds , ibid . : " Under the porch of Staninfield Church , in Suffolk , I saw a tile with a horseshoe upon it , placed there for this purpose , though one would imagine that ...
... fire when a witch comes in . Mars is enemy to Saturn . " He adds , ibid . : " Under the porch of Staninfield Church , in Suffolk , I saw a tile with a horseshoe upon it , placed there for this purpose , though one would imagine that ...
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