*applauds list*
on a wet (in the UK) tuesday in August, when many folk are away from their
computers on vacation.... sources a-plenty arise
great stuff!
Dave E
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From: Jake Stratton-Kent <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 15:02:38 +0100
Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] folklore query
> <clapping> yay, a classical source (Pliny on CD is so-oo on my wish
> list!)
>
> thanks Dan, I'm a happy bunny!
>
> ALWays
>
> Jake
>
> On 3 August 2010 14:58, Daniel Harms <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Pliny, Historia Naturalis, Book 28, Chapter 56:
> >
> > "Bowel pain indeed never, they say, afflicts those who carry about them
the pastern bone of a hare."
> >
> > Dan Harms
> > Instructional Services Librarian and Bibliographer
> > SUNY Cortland Memorial Library
> > P. O. Box 2000
> > Cortland, NY 13045
> > (607) 753-4042
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Society for The Academic Study of Magic
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jake Stratton-Kent
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 9:24 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] folklore query
> >
> > fabulous, a function switch or two but an older history after all. ;)
> >
> > thank you Jacqueline
> >
> > ALWays
> >
> > Jake
> >
> > On 3 August 2010 12:47, jacqueline simpson <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> >>
> >> In Iona Opie and Moira Tatem's Dictionary of Superstitions the earliest
quote for a hare's or rabbit's foot being lucky and protective is from
Lancashire in 1827 (Hone's Table Book), as protection against witchcraft. The
next is 1932, as protection for babies, and it is then said to be a 'common
custom' at all levels of society. Other 20th C refs are given.
> >> Steve Roud (Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Britain and Ireland)
adds refs to a hare's or rabbit's foot as a cure for cramp (1584) and colic
(1665). He thinks it likely that the current widespred belief in it aa a
luck-bringer spread from USA to UK in 20th C.
> >>
> >> Jacqueline Simpson
> >>
> >> --- On Tue, 3/8/10, Jake Stratton-Kent <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> >>
> >> From: Jake Stratton-Kent <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Subject: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] folklore query
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Date: Tuesday, 3 August, 2010, 11:06
> >>
> >> am curious about the real history of the rabbit's foot charm - what
> >> reliable info I can find suggests it is of hoodoo origin and entered
> >> UK usage via the wartime US military presence. I have seen claims of
> >> great antiquity in Britain, as well as being 'ancient and universal',
> >> but I'm reluctant to credit these without a decent source.
> >>
> >> Are any of our resident folklorists able to help?
> >>
> >> ALWays
> >>
> >> Jake
> >>
> >> http://www.underworld-apothecary.com/
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jake
> >
> > http://www.underworld-apothecary.com/
> >
>
> --
> Jake
>
> http://www.underworld-apothecary.com/
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