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Forfar:-- Ale, 141. All Hallow Eve, 110. Aqua vitae, 141. Black plaid, 37. Candlemas, 110. Cannibalism, 159.…

Date of account: Published 1921
Source: The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology
Reference: The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology · selected passage 218
Rights: public_domain
Language: English with quoted European trial material
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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Forfar:-- Ale, 141. All Hallow Eve, 110. Aqua vitae, 141. Black plaid, 37. Candlemas, 110. Cannibalism, 159. Change of shape, 183, 236, 237. Child witch, 73, 176. Churchyard dance, 113, 146. Coldness of the Devil, 64. Dance in churchyard, 113, 146. Dates of meetings, 119. Devil as a horse, 69, 183. " a man, 37, 69, 183. " a woman, 46. Devil's horse, 103, 236. Drinking, 98. Feast, 140-1. Grey clothes, 64. Kiss, 89, 114, 141. Lammas, 110. Mark, 89. Names of members of Coven, 252. Number in Coven, 120, 136, 193. Officer, 187. Pipes, 114, 136. Place of meeting, 119, 120. " Devil at table, 141. Puberty, Girl under, 176. Quarterly Festival, 110. Renunciation, 47, 79. Roodmass, 110. Sieve and shears, 114. Singing, 114, 138. Sinking ships, 69, 116, 183. Torchlight, 113, 146. Transformation, 237. Voluntary convert, 79. Walking to Sabbath, 98.

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