Toward the end of the last century, 1 at Saffron Walden, Essex, there were ; discovered during alterations to builds ; ings, both a “ witch jug ” and ft “ witch bottle.” The latter was buried in the lloor of a house. It contained some water, about 40 horse-shoe nails, and 20 thorns. It was supposed to be about two centuries old. It was customary in England in the early years of the seventeenth century to place under the entrance of a house a jug or bottle filled . with horse-shoe nails to prevent the | entrance of witches, I
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21241, 23 January 1931, Page 4
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94Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Otago Daily Times, Issue 21241, 23 January 1931, Page 4
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