Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Superstition #66

heart  As the traditional seat of the soul, the heart has particular significance in the superstitions and traditions of witchcraft.  Removing the heart of a live pigeon and sticking it with pins will oblige a reluctant lover to fall passionately in love.  If the lover still proves unwilling, sticking a hare's heart with pins and burying it near a newly dug grave will cause the unconsenting party to experience a sudden decline in health, culminating in death.
-taken from Dictionary of Superstitions by David Pickering, 1995

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