Abstract

Collectanea. 8 8 shell, may also be seen. The horse's tooth, the horse-shoe, and the coin, are no doubt generally lucky. As to the shell, A. R . says her grandfather told her it was to prevent its owner from being drowned. Personally I have always imagined that, origin­ ally at least, it was a love-charm. The Cypraida and shells of similar form are used in love-magic in some parts of Europe. M ABE L PEACOCK. T H E belief in "overlooking" and witchcraft generally does not pass away, though no special forma have come under my notice. Some five and twenty years ago a "hammer and nail" charm against overlooking was used by an old woman living near Combwich. The then vicar was scandalised to see the old lady hammering a large nail into the footprint of another woman who had just passed down the lane, and was informed that the maker of the footprint had overlooked the operator, and that this proceeding would counteract the spell. An old woman living on Farringdon Hill up to a few years ago was always credited with uncanny powers, and it was said to be usual for horses to misbehave when