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Museum of British Folklore	Folklore: Britain's Witch Bottles (20)	RE: Folklore: Britain's Witch Bottles	04 Jun 09
What the New Scientist piece doesn't mention is that the bottles were more often than not, made by witches, for want of a better word, or at least a person wishing ill on another, not as a means of killing or warding off witches. Glueman mentions the habit of walling up a dead cat, which was to protect against infestation by rats or mice. Anyone wanting to see an example of this should visit the Museum of British Folklore caravan as I have one on loan from the Museum of Witchcraft in Boscastle. www.museumofwitchcraft.com

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