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 2o8 Addenda. Farmers' Superstitions, page 141. — "If you can throw fire over a witch you will break the spell." " Bleeding a white hen on a millstone prevents danger from the mill ; for they say a mill will have blood every seven years." Charms, page 144. — " Some were provided with little bags of earth, teeth, or bones taken from a grave." "Most of thft very religious folks had a verse of scripture, concluded with the comfortable assurance that by the help of the Lord the white witch hopes to do them good." — Bottrell. Epilepsy, page 154. — Another authority says that the thirty pence collected by thirty young men at the Church door is deposited for a half-crown, from which the centre is cut. The flat ring left is worn by the epileptic person day and night."— Through Rev. A. H. Malan, M.A. " The Bundle of Charms," Rev. A. H. Malan, M. A., is unavoidably omitted. Burning the Witch, page 180.— Still played. A pole about five feet long is placed with its ends resting on low stools, or bottles. On this a person sits lengthways with crossed ancles. He (or she) holds in his hand a long stick with a slit at one end, into which the paper effigy of the witch is stuck. This must be burnt at a candle placed on the floor at a short distance from the sitter ; he must not support himself in any way, nor leave his perch. BEARE AND SON, PRINTERS, PENZANCE.