The Secret People: Parish-Pump Witchcraft, Wise-Women and Cunning Ways
The Secret People examines parish-pump witchcraft, wise-women, and cunning ways, offering a focused look at folk practices and community traditions. Melusine Draco brings these subjects together in an accessible exploration of overlooked forms of knowledge, belief, and custom.
About This Book
The Secret People explores parish-pump witchcraft, wise-women, and cunning ways through the subject of everyday folk practice.
Focusing on traditions associated with local communities and practical knowledge, the book considers forms of belief and custom often overlooked in broader accounts.
Its subject brings together witchcraft, wise-women, and cunning ways as related expressions of folk culture.
Melusine Draco presents a focused guide to these themes for readers interested in folklore, traditional practices, and the history of popular belief.
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