CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I

The Origin of Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Sorcery—Vindictive and Mischievous Magic

1

CHAPTER II

Charms and Conjurations To Cure the Disorders of Grown People—Hungarian Gypsy Magic

12

CHAPTER III

Gypsy Conjurations and Exorcisms—The Cure of Children Hungarian Gypsy Spells—A Curious Old Italian "Secret"—The Magic Virtue of Garlic—A Florentine Incantation Learned From A Witch—Lilith, the Child-Stealer, and Queen of the Witches

41

CHAPTER IV

South Slavonian and Other Gypsy Witch-Lore—The Words For A Witch—Vilas and The Spirits of Earth and Air—Witches, Egg-Shells, and Egg-Lore—Egg Proverbs—Ova De Crucibus

65

CHAPTER V

Charms or Conjurations to Cure or Protect Animals

79

CHAPTER VI

Of Pregnancy and Charms or Folk-Lore Connected With it—Boar's Teeth and Charms for Preventing The Flow of Blood

100

CHAPTER VII

The Recovery of Stolen Property—Love-Charms—Shoes and Love-Potions or Philtres

108

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CHAPTER VIII

Roumanian and Transylvanian Sorceries and Superstitions Connected With Those of the Gypsies

122

CHAPTER IX

The Rendezvous or Meetings of Witches, Sorcerers, and Vilas—A Continuation of South Slavonian Gypsy-Lore

142

CHAPTER X

Of the Haunts, Homes, and Habits of Witches in the South Slavic Lands—Bogeys and Humbugs

152

CHAPTER XI

Gypsy Witchcraft—The Magical Power Which Is Innate In All Men and Women—How It May Be Cultivated And Developed—The Principles of Fortune-Telling

162

CHAPTER XII

Fortune-Telling (continued)—Romance Based on Chance, Or Hope, As Regards the Future—Folk- and Sorcery-Lore—Authentic Instances of Gypsy Prediction

186

CHAPTER XIII

Proverbs Referring to Witches, Gypsies, and Fairies

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CHAPTER XIV

A Gypsy Magic Spell—Hokkani Baro—Lellin Dudikabin, Or the Great Secret—Children's Rhymes and Incantations—Ten Little Indian Boys and Ten Little Acorn Girls of Marcellus Burdigalensis

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CHAPTER XV

Gypsy Amulets

230

CHAPTER XVI

Gypsies, Toads, and Toad-Lore

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