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 141
PREGNANCY AND CHARMS 103 years been very much revived in silver as a charm for ladies, and may be found in most shops where ornaments for watch-chains are sold. The boar’s tooth, as I have before mentioned, has been since time immemorial a charm ; I have found them attached to chatelaines and… … museum at Budapest a boar’s tusk, BOAR S TOOTH. VIENNA. mounted or set as an amulet, which is apparently of Celtic origin, and which certainly belongs to the migration of races, or a very early period. And it is in this eastern portion of Europe that it is still most generally worn as a charm. In…
Magic, Gypsy
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