Buried in the Walls (Digital edition: EPUB)
A worn shoe beneath a staircase, bottle of bent pins under a tiled floor, dried cat enclosed in a roof.
For centuries, people hid objects within buildings to cure suspected bewitchment, protect their households or bring good luck. Many survive; the reasons for placing them are harder to recover.
Buried in the Walls explores concealed shoes, witch bottles, dried cats, horse skulls and written charms through archaeological discoveries, museum collections and recorded folklore. From remedies intended to turn an affliction back on a witch to skulls said to improve the sound of dancing, it explores the evidence and where certainty ends.
The second title in the Lore Lorn Chapbooks series, this illustrated volume includes public-domain historical artwork, source notes and further reading.
Digital edition: EPUB.
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