[CHAPTER XLVI.]
- Ear-rings buried by Jacob—Solomon's Belief in Spells—Reginald
Scot's Recipe for preserving Cattle—What Mr. Pennant says
on Charms—Images Powerful Charms—The Egyptians' Confidence
in Amulets and Charms—Evil Eye—Cold Iron—Holy
Things used as Charms—Filing of St. Peter's Keys—Lustral
Water—Uses of Snow—Keys of a Consecrated Building—Virtue
of Consecrated Bread—Various Methods of securing
Love—Indian Charms—Cure for Corns—Simple Plan for getting
rid of a Troublesome Person—Curing the Hooping-cough,
etc.409
[CHAPTER XLVII.]
- Horse Shoes used as Charms—Spitting on Money to secure Luck—Fortunate
Persons to deal with—Professor Playfair on Superstition—The
Lee Penny—Divers Charms—A Seer's Prescription—Grose
on Sorcerers, Magicians, and Witches—Irish Shamrock—Praying
to Swords—Irish Superstition—Smugglers and
Brigands addicted to Superstition—Superstition in the East—Arab
Charms—Ladies' Arts415
[CHAPTER XLVIII.]
- Earl of Derby's Death—A Queen Enchanted—Image of a young
King—Belgrave on Charms—Childebert's Device for detecting
Witches—Witch Burned—Witch Ointment—Men-Wolves—Church
Authorities' Instructions to Inquisitors—Killing by a
Look or Wish—The King of Sweden and his Witches—Witches'
Help in War—Witches causing a Plague—Cattle Poisoned—Various
Charms—An Angel's Charm to Pope Leo—Physicians'
Faith in Charms—Inescation—Insemination—Egyptian Laws—Curing
the King's Evil421
[CHAPTER XLIX.]
- Precious Stones regarded as Objects of Virtue—Extravagance in
Jewellery accounted for—Abraham's Precious Stones—Altars
called Living Stones—Rod of Moses—Sacred Rings and Belts—The
Month of one's Nativity has connection with one or
other of the Precious Stones—Kings of England hallowing
Rings—Ring preserved in Westminster Abbey—Iona Relics—The
Green Stone of Arran—A Crystal kept as a Charm—A
Conjuring Beryl—Prophetic Stones—The Coronation Stone
or Stone of Destiny429
[TRIALS BY ORDEAL.]
[CHAPTER L.]