305 – Mouse
- Physical description:
- Mummified mouse in jar with leather top.
- Museum classification:
- Spells & Charms
- Size:
- 90 x 70mm
- Information:
Original text by Cecil Williamson: 'Poor little Mick Mouse, done to death in a nasty old jar, well, this is real west country stuff, in this case a mouse is caught befriended and fed for a while, then death is induced and the death house jar is placed in the barn or store suffering from the inroads of a plague of mice. What then happens is that the dead mouse's spirit has words with its kith and kin laying havoc in the barn and one presumes that it says, "look here you chaps, enough is enough. Push off and nibble some place else, over and out". Simple as that. The strange thing is that it does work, and what is more so long as Micky's jar remains in the barn they do not come back no matter how tempting the stock held in store.'
- Resource:
- Object
- Materials:
- Animal, glass
- Copyright ownership:
- Copyright to The Museum of Witchcraft Ltd.
Original text by Cecil Williamson: 'Poor little Mick Mouse, done to death in a nasty old jar, well, this is real west country stuff, in this case a mouse is caught befriended and fed for a while, then death is induced and the death house jar is placed in the barn or store suffering from the inroads of a plague of mice. What then happens is that the dead mouse's spirit has words with its kith and kin laying havoc in the barn and one presumes that it says, "look here you chaps, enough is enough. Push off and nibble some place else, over and out". Simple as that. The strange thing is that it does work, and what is more so long as Micky's jar remains in the barn they do not come back no matter how tempting the stock held in store.'