CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE
I. THE ORIGIN OF WITCHCRAFT, SHAMANISM, AND SORCERY.—VINDICTIVE AND MISCHIEVOUS MAGIC[1]
II. CHARMS AND CONJURATIONS TO CURE THE DISORDERS OF GROWN PEOPLE.—HUNGARIAN GYPSYMAGIC [12]
III. GYPSY CONJURATIONS AND EXORCISMS—THE CURE OF CHILDREN—HUNGARIAN GYPSY SPELLS—A CURIOUSOLD ITALIAN “SECRET”—THE MAGIC VIRTUE OF GARLIC—A FLORENTINE INCANTATION LEARNED FROMA WITCH—LILITH, THE CHILD-STEALER, AND QUEEN OF THE WITCHES [41]
IV. SOUTH SLAVONIAN AND OTHER GYPSY WITCH-LORE.—THE WORDS FOR A WITCH—VILAS AND THESPIRITS OF EARTH AND AIR—WITCHES, EGG-SHELLS, AND EGG-LORE—EGG PROVERBS—OVA DE CRUCIBUS[65]
V. CHARMS OR CONJURATIONS TO CURE OR PROTECT ANIMALS [79]
VI. OF PREGNANCY AND CHARMS, OR FOLK-LORE CONNECTED WITH IT—BOARS’ TEETH AND CHARMSFOR PREVENTING THE FLOW OF BLOOD [100]
VII. THE RECOVERY OF STOLEN PROPERTY—LOVE-CHARMS—SHOES AND LOVE-POTIONS, OR PHILTRES[108]
VIII. ROUMANIAN AND TRANSYLVANIAN SORCERIES AND SUPERSTITIONS, CONNECTED WITH THOSE OFTHE GYPSIES [122]
IX. THE RENDEZVOUS OR MEETINGS OF WITCHES, SORCERERS, AND VILAS.—A CONTINUATION OFSOUTH SLAVONIAN GYPSY-LORE [142]
X. OF THE HAUNTS, HOMES, AND HABITS OF WITCHES IN THE SOUTH SLAVIC LANDS.—BOGEYSAND HUMBUGS [152]
XI. GYPSY WITCHCRAFT.—THE MAGICAL POWER WHICH IS INNATE IN ALL MEN AND WOMEN—HOW ITMAY BE CULTIVATED AND DEVELOPED—THE PRINCIPLES OF FORTUNE-TELLING [162]
XII. FORTUNE-TELLING (continued).—ROMANCE BASED ON CHANCE, OR HOPE, AS REGARDS THE FUTURE—FOLK- AND SORCERY-LORE—AUTHENTICINSTANCES OF GYPSY PREDICTION [186]
XIII. PROVERBS REFERRING TO WITCHES, GYPSIES, AND FAIRIES [194]
XIV. A GYPSY MAGIC SPELL.—HOKKANI BARO—LELLIN DUDIKABIN, OR THE GREAT SECRET—CHILDREN’SRHYMES AND INCANTATIONS—TEN LITTLE INDIAN BOYS AND TEN LITTLE ACORN GIRLS OF MARCELLUSBURDIGALENSIS [209]
XV. GYPSY AMULETS [230]
XVI. GYPSIES, TOADS, AND TOAD-LORE [255]