188 – Dried frog
- Physical description:
- Dried frog
- Museum classification:
- Spells & charms
- Size:
- 125 x 100 mm (pouch - now lost) frog 75 mm long
- Information:
'Witch's charm bag containing a dried out dead frog. This poor little chap was known as Ben and for many years was the claimed spirit guide of a Mrs Sarah Noakes of Crewkerne, circa 1922.''(Text by Cecil Williamson)
The bag was destroyed in the 2004 Boscastle flood. It appears from old photographs that it was a drawstring bag made from plain cream fabric.
Scarborough Museum has two toads (apparently thought to be "male frogs") which were hung up in bags (one made of checked grey-blue fabric, the other made of very pretty fabric with a leaf design) in cottages in Devonshire in the early 20th century to keep out witches. (Information supplied by Tabitha Cadbury - see her report 'The Clarke Collection of Charms and Amulets' in the museum library.)- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Animal,
- Copyright ownership:
- Copyright to The Museum of Witchcraft Ltd.
'Witch's charm bag containing a dried out dead frog. This poor little chap was known as Ben and for many years was the claimed spirit guide of a Mrs Sarah Noakes of Crewkerne, circa 1922.''(Text by Cecil Williamson)
The bag was destroyed in the 2004 Boscastle flood. It appears from old photographs that it was a drawstring bag made from plain cream fabric.
Scarborough Museum has two toads (apparently thought to be "male frogs") which were hung up in bags (one made of checked grey-blue fabric, the other made of very pretty fabric with a leaf design) in cottages in Devonshire in the early 20th century to keep out witches. (Information supplied by Tabitha Cadbury - see her report 'The Clarke Collection of Charms and Amulets' in the museum library.)