Note 2 — Chapter III · GYPSY CONJURATIONS AND EXORCISMS—THE CURE OF CHILDREN—HUNGARIAN GYPSY SPELLS—A CURIOUS OLD ITALIAN “SECRET”—THE MAGIC VIRTUE OF GARLIC—A FLORENTINE INCANTATION LEARNED FROM A WITCH—LILITH, THE CHILD-STEALER, AND QUEEN OF THE WITCHES.
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As regards the use of coals in incantations, Marcellus Burdigalensis,2 a Latin physician of the third century, who has left us a collection of Latin and Gaelic charms, recommends for a cure for toothache: “Salis granum, panis micam, carbonem mortuum in phœnicio alligabis,” i.e., to carry a grain of salt, a crumb of bread, and a coal, in a red bag.