The belief of witchcraft still lingers in all parts of Europe. _ The British penal laws were repealed in 1736, but there have been cases within the last thirty or forty- years, especially in the Highlands, in which there have been reports of witchcraft. Tt was estimated that between 1434 and 1782 no fewer than 300,000 supposed witches were put to death in Europe, hut there have been cases in which “ witches ” have been lynched much more recently. The usual form of witchcraft to survive is that in connection with the making of a wax image of the person to be bewitched, clay being used instead of wax in the Highlands. For children’s hacking cough. Woods’ Great Peppermint, Curo.—-fAdviQ
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Evening Star, Issue 19274, 12 June 1926, Page 23
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118Page 23 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 19274, 12 June 1926, Page 23
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