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Mogg, No, he only deals with charms, not curses. But i know what you're remembering -- a stone carved by a modern artist with words from a 15th C curse against thieves, in an art gallery in Scotland, which caused a fuss last year (or the year before?) when someone thought it was bringing bad luck on the town. I have the details somewhere, will check up and get back to you here. Jacqueline --- Mogg Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Jacqueline > > sounds really interesting - do you know if it has > the text of a 'runic'(?) > cursing spell from a stone, perhaps in a churchyard, > in north england > somewhere?? > That's a bit vague really i know - i caught the tail > end of that on the > radio > a month or two back but couldn't track it down at > the time?? > > mogg > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Society for The Academic Study of Magic > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On > Behalf Of jacqueline > simpson > Sent: 16 February 2006 23:57 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] English Folk Charms > (verbal) > > > Some while back I mentioned that there would be a > study of traditional English verbal charms published > soon. Well, it has arrived. It's Jonathan Roper, > "English Verbal Charms" (ISBN 951-41-0968-6), 241 > pages, pub. by Folklore Fellows Communications, > Academia Scientiarum Fennica. Obtainable from > Bookstore Tiedekirja, Kirkkokatu 14, Helsinki, > Finland. Email: [log in to unmask] > > Roper has assembled and analysed a database of over > 500 English traditional verbal folk charms from > Anglo-Saxon time to 20th century, and this book > gives > representative texts grouped into 45 types, and > discusses various aspects of the genre, and of the > practice of charming. > > There are two groupings: healing charms, mostly with > strong Christian elements; and love divinations and > other charms for non-healing purposes, which do not > show religious traits. > > It's the first comprehensive study of the English > material (it covers England only, not the rest of > Britain or other anglophone countries), and also > indicates some of the general European connections. > > May be of interest to some here. > > Jacqueline > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Win a BlackBerry device from O2 with Yahoo!. Enter > now. > http://www.yahoo.co.uk/blackberry > ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com