Folk Luck & Everyday Charms · c. 1700 – today

Hagstones & witch-deterrents

What it is

Self-holed flints (hagstones, adder stones) hung by beds, doors and in stables against nightmares and witches. The group also includes witch bottles (bellarmine jugs of pins and urine), witch balls, apotropaic marks and concealed shoes.

Making yours

Beach-found holed flints on cord. A bellarmine-style stoneware jug for a witch-bottle replica.

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Hühnergott, 150615, ako

Hühnergott 2020-04-11

Flint hagstone found on the shore of the Thames

Hagstone Hühnergott

Hag stone, North Lincolnshire Museum

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