263 – 3 rolls of Lead
- Physical description:
- 3 pieces of lead, rolled up, two of them pierced with nails.
- Museum classification:
- Spells & Charms
- Size:
- 25mm, 25mm & 100mm
- Information:
Original text by Cecil Williamson: 'To make a good Devonshire or Cornish spell, take lead from a Christian church roof or window, form and cast into a flat strip, on this scratch or engrave the spell. Roll up and drive an iron nail through it. This done, and when the moon is right, take and bury in a graveyard at night. Three such examples are to be seen here they were recovered from Blisland, Madron, and St Germans.'
- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Lead, iron
- Copyright ownership:
- Copyright to The Museum of Witchcraft Ltd.
Original text by Cecil Williamson: 'To make a good Devonshire or Cornish spell, take lead from a Christian church roof or window, form and cast into a flat strip, on this scratch or engrave the spell. Roll up and drive an iron nail through it. This done, and when the moon is right, take and bury in a graveyard at night. Three such examples are to be seen here they were recovered from Blisland, Madron, and St Germans.'