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	194
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	209
CHAPTER XV
Gypsy Amulets	230
CHAPTER XVI
Gypsies, Toads, and Toad-Lore	255

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