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Thursday, June 11, 2009

And in England: Repelling a Witch’s Curse…

The first fully intact 17 th -century “witch bottle” has been unearthed in the UK. The bottles were used to ward off illnesses thought to result from a curse. Two hundred broken bottles have been found – this is the first chance scientists have had to see what they contained. Pins, along with the... Sign in to see full entry.

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