Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling / Illustrated by numerous incantations, specimens of medical magic, anecdotes and tales

by Charles Godfrey Leland

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Contents

1. Dedication
2. Preface
3. The Origin of Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Sorcery.—Vindictive and Mischievous Magic
4. Charms and Conjurations to Cure the Disorders of Grown People. Hungarian Gypsy Magic
5. 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-S
6. 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
7. Charms or Conjurations to Cure or Protect Animals
8. Of Pregnancy and Charms, or Folk-Lore Connected with It—Boars’ Teeth and Charms for Preventing the Flow of Blood
9. The Recovery of Stolen Property—Love-Charms—Shoes and Love-Potions, or Philtres
10. Roumanian and Transylvanian Sorceries and Superstitions, Connected with Those of the Gypsies
11. The Rendezvous or Meetings of Witches, Sorcerers, and Vilas.—A Continuation of South Slavonian Gypsy-Lore
12. Of the Haunts, Homes, and Habits of Witches in the South Slavic Lands.—Bogeys and Humbugs
13. 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
14. Fortune-Telling ( continued ).—Romance Based on Chance, or Hope, as Regards the Future—Folk- and Sorcery-Lore—Authentic Instances of Gypsy Prediction
15. Proverbs Referring to Witches, Gypsies, and Fairies
16. A Gypsy Magic Spell.—Hokkani Bāso—Lellin Dudikabin, or the Great Secret—Children’s Rhymes and Incantations—Ten Little Indian Boys and Ten Little Acorn Girls of Marcellus Burdigalensis
17. Gypsy Amulets
18. Gypsies, Toads, and Toad-Lore

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