medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
My CD-ROM version of SOED v. 2.0 says of poppet:
1.a. Chiefly Hist. A small human figure used in sorcery or witchcraft. ME.
b. A small figure in the form of a human being. LME
c. An idolatrous image; an idol m16-L17
John H Hall
In the early sixteenth century, Elizabeth
Sampson was accused of saying:
"Our Lady of Willesdon was a brent ars Elfe and a brent ars Stocke; and yf
she myght have holpen men and women which go to hyre of pilgrimage she wolde
not have sufferd hyr tayle to have byn brent; and what shold folke wurshippe
our lady of Willesdon or our lady of Crome for, the tone is but a brent ars
stoke and tother is but a popet." London, Guildhall Library, MS 9531/9 (Reg.
Fitzjames), fol. 4r.
Shannon McSheffrey
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