Love Magic'
Date(s): 1991
Creator(s): Mercer, Anna
Scope & Content: Third year BA Folklore essay submitted to the University College, Dublin. Study of the mass of customs, omens and superstitions surrounding love and marriage including a Manx folklore anecdote collected by Walter Gill about the divination practice of scrying (Manx references pp.15-16). Chapters on divination for love, future husband and wife etc; aphodisiacs and love philtres (magic potions); supernatural seduction; Spells, charms and rituals.
Language: English
Extent: 1 volume
Physical description: typescript
Item name: Essay
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: MS 09540
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