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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... Witches • • 1 OMENS- 44 • Cats , Rats , and Mice . 187 Toad - Stone 50 Crickets . Flies 189 • The Sorcerer , or Magician 55 GHOSTS , or APPARITIONS 67 GIPSIES 91 OBSOLETE VULGAR PUNISHMENTS- mouse . • Cucking - Stool . · Robin Redbreast ...
... Witches • • 1 OMENS- 44 • Cats , Rats , and Mice . 187 Toad - Stone 50 Crickets . Flies 189 • The Sorcerer , or Magician 55 GHOSTS , or APPARITIONS 67 GIPSIES 91 OBSOLETE VULGAR PUNISHMENTS- mouse . • Cucking - Stool . · Robin Redbreast ...
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... witch . It is of the purest classic origin ( Horat . Epod . v . 20 ; Petron . c . 134 ) ; and from the words of ... Witches and Witchcrafts , 1646 , observes , p . 4 : " In every place and parish , every old woman with a wrinkled ...
... witch . It is of the purest classic origin ( Horat . Epod . v . 20 ; Petron . c . 134 ) ; and from the words of ... Witches and Witchcrafts , 1646 , observes , p . 4 : " In every place and parish , every old woman with a wrinkled ...
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... witches : the first kind can hurt but not help , and are with singular propriety called the black witches . The second kind , very properly called white ones , have gifts directly opposite to those of the former ; they can help , but ...
... witches : the first kind can hurt but not help , and are with singular propriety called the black witches . The second kind , very properly called white ones , have gifts directly opposite to those of the former ; they can help , but ...
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... witches , but specially the blessing witch , might suffer death . Men doe commonly hate and spit at the damnifying sorcerer , as unworthie to live among them , whereas they flie unto the other in necessitie , they depend upon him as ...
... witches , but specially the blessing witch , might suffer death . Men doe commonly hate and spit at the damnifying sorcerer , as unworthie to live among them , whereas they flie unto the other in necessitie , they depend upon him as ...
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... witches in the Isle of Man anciently sold winds to mariners , and delivered them in knots tied upon a thread , exactly as the Laplanders did . ' The following passage is from Scot's Discovery , p . 33 : " No one endued with common sense ...
... witches in the Isle of Man anciently sold winds to mariners , and delivered them in knots tied upon a thread , exactly as the Laplanders did . ' The following passage is from Scot's Discovery , p . 33 : " No one endued with common sense ...
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