ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS INCANTATIONS, SPECIMENS OF MEDICAL MAGIC, ANECDOTES AND TALES
BY
CHARLES GODFREY LELAND
PRESIDENT OF THE GIPSY-LORE SOCIETY, &c., &c.
COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
MDCCCXCI
Dedication.
THIS WORK
IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO MY COLLEAGUES OF THE
CONGRÈS DES TRADITIONS POPULAIRES,
HELD AT PARIS, JULY, 1889;
AND ESPECIALLY
TO THE FRENCH MEMBERS OF THAT BODY,
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR GENEROUS HOSPITALITY,
AND UNFAILING KINDNESS AND COURTESY, BY
CHARLES G. LELAND.
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] | ||||||