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xo. baguettes de ooudzier, 'hazel rods.' Thèse were much in vogue for divining purposes; hence the name 'witch-hazel.'

II. efllgie de dre. The practice of making a wax image of an enemy and piercing it or melting it, with magie rites, with the intention of inflicting the same suffering on the enemy, is a very old variety of witchcraft.

13. cordes de pendu, 'hangman's ropes,' literally 'ropes of a hanged man.' It was thought lucky to hâve a pièce of such a cord.

14. les onguents qui changent votre forme. It was a superstition that witches, when going to the Witches* Sabbath, changed their shapes by magie ointment.