the *not very good* film from the late 80s i think, Warlock (lead was Julian
Sands) had an instance of a witch-catcher (from the right period) using some
specially made ironwork to actually snare a witch, my memory is sparse about
the film, but i am presuming the writers got that notion from somewhere in
original literature
Brian Hoggard is an expert on things around and under thresholds (and
deliberately concealed magical objects in buildings in general), drop him a
line if he is on here, if not, then you can find him on www.academia.edu
Dave E
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From: "Kirsten C. Uszkalo" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:55:24 -0700
Subject: Re: [ACADEMIC-STUDY-MAGIC] Iron hardware as deterent to witches?
> No I am sorry I haven't -- but I would be curious to hear about
> references for iron used to unwitch in the 16th and 17th centuries,
> so if you have those texts I'd appreciate you passing them on. I
> haven't come across them in the my own corpus.
>
> cheers,
> Kirsten
> ----
> Kirsten C. Uszkalo
>
> - Project Lead | Witches in Early Modern England Project | http://witching.org
> - Editor | Preternature: Critical and Historical Studies in the
> Preternatural | http://preternature.org - E-Lab Scholar | Athabasca
> University | https://elab.athabascau.ca/ - Project Lead: Usability |
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> Assistant Professor | Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
>
> "Sure this woman is no witch, for she speaks many good words, which
> the witches could not"
>
> On 2011-02-21, at 8:25 PM, Manning, Mary C wrote:
>
> > Greetings all,
> >
> > Has anyone heard of iron door or window hardware serving as an apotropaic
device against witchcraft? I'm familiar with other iron objects such as
horseshoes and nails being used around doorways and windows to prevent witches
from entering a home, but I was curious if anyone had come across a citation
for actual hardware (latches, locks, knobs, hinges, etc.) serving a similar
purpose. I'm particularly looking for citations that refer to the late
eighteenth or nineteenth century, but any help you can give would be
appreciated. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Chris Manning, Graduate Student
> > Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
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