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Excerpt from The Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 28: November, 1885, to April, 1886

Meanstothesinfubcrgoodendinview. Tbebroomsticktooka Minent position as sayingdnachine. Whatapityitiethat our ancestors should have so persistently fought against and finally suc ceeded in surpreesing the broomstickl What could be more fitnple and effective Perhaps by proper treatment the witches might have hem pennadedtoinstruct therestof theworldinits use. Inthoeo days, dragons and magicians and good and evil spirits made out-of doore at night rather dangerous, and good people remained at home, with holy water on hand for an emergency. Here is an example from Bemigius. Says he There is no doubt the following will be consid ered incredible by all and ridiculous by many yet I can ever that two hundred personstestifiedtoitstrnth. Onregularandstateddays these people assembled in a crowd on the banks of some lake or rim, secluded from the observation of passers-by; and there they were in the habit of lashing the water with wands received from demons, until.

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Author: Youmans, E L

Topic: Sociology
Media: Book
ISBN: 365126802
Language: English
Pages: 880