Liber II · Ancient Magic
Chapter IV
Folk Magic
8 min readAnglo-Saxon Charms: Leechbooks, Elf-Shot and Healing MagicAnglo-Saxon charms explained: Bald's Leechbook, the Lacnunga, the Old English metrical charms, elf-shot and the Æcerbot field ritual of early England.7 min readBiddy Early: The Wise Woman of Clare and Her Blue BottleBiddy Early (c. 1798–1874), the wise woman of Feakle, County Clare: her life, fairy bottle, cures, clashes with priests and her legend in Lady Gregory.7 min readCunning Murrell: The Last Great Cunning Man of EssexJames 'Cunning' Murrell (1785–1860), the Hadleigh cunning man: his life, iron witch bottles, astrology, the Canewdon witches and Arthur Morrison's novel.6 min readFolk Magic: Cunning Folk, Charms and Everyday Ritual in HistoryFolk magic explained: healing charms, cunning folk, Pennsylvania powwow, Scandinavian black books and Italian benandanti, from the Middle Ages to today.7 min readPennsylvania German Powwow: Braucherei, Hohman and Folk HealingPennsylvania German powwow, or Braucherei, explained: healing charms, Hohman's Long Lost Friend, hex doctors, the 1928 York hex murder and the practice today.