Gypsy sorcery and fortune telling : illustrated by numerous incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes and tales (1891)
Leland, Charles Godfrey, 1824-1903, University of Leeds. Library · London : T. Fisher Unwin · leaf 137
ome a witch must go by night into a field and pull up a weed by the roots. From the quantity of soil which clings to it, is inferred the degree of magic power which the pupil will attain. I am not astonished to learn that when this lady was initiated, the amount of earth collected was unusually…
Magic, Gypsy
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