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places, and for burning wood a hearth is 

 needed, and a hearth necessitates a wide 

 chimney. When the wise woman receives 

 a visit, and agrees to remove the spell, or 

 cast a fresh one, she presently stands in the 

 chimney and mutters her charms to the stars, 

 which at night are visible through it. The 

 hamlet girls, such as servants, continually 

 go to the wise woman ; if they lose their 

 money for their pains they are afraid to tell 

 or inform lest the charm should fall on them. 

 In some places it is a witch-doctor instead 

 of a wise woman, and he is called in if any- 

 thing is the matter with the cattle. 



In one village the inhabitants somehow 

 got an idea that a death, or illness, or ac- 

 cident was sure to happen in the place if 

 the clergyman chanced to finish his afternoon 

 sermon at four o'clock. If he concluded at 

 four a misfortune was certain to happen in 

 the village during the next week. This 



