307 – Fish bones charm
- Physical description:
- 4 triangular-shaped fish bones - charm against storms.
- Museum classification:
- Sea Witchcraft
- Information:
Original text by Cecil Williamson: 'Four examples of a triangular fish bone much prized and regarded by fishermen as a good charm against storms as well as thunder and lightning with their attendant squalls at sea. This was the leftover stock in trade of a St. Ives sea-witch.'
(See also 238.)- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Fish bone
- Copyright ownership:
- Copyright to The Museum of Witchcraft Ltd.
Original text by Cecil Williamson: 'Four examples of a triangular fish bone much prized and regarded by fishermen as a good charm against storms as well as thunder and lightning with their attendant squalls at sea. This was the leftover stock in trade of a St. Ives sea-witch.'
(See also 238.)