Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling, by Charles Godfrey Leland, [1891]
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| CHAPTER I | |
| The Origin of Witchcraft, Shamanism, and Sorcery—Vindictive and Mischievous Magic | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| Charms and Conjurations To Cure the Disorders of Grown People—Hungarian Gypsy Magic | 12 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| Gypsy Conjurations and Exorcisms—The Cure of Children Hungarian Gypsy Spells—A Curious Old Italian "Secret"—The Magic Virtue of Garlic—A Florentine Incantation Learned From A Witch—Lilith, the Child-Stealer, and Queen of the Witches | 41 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| South Slavonian and Other Gypsy Witch-Lore—The Words For A Witch—Vilas and The Spirits of Earth and Air—Witches, Egg-Shells, and Egg-Lore—Egg Proverbs—Ova De Crucibus | 65 |
| CHAPTER V | |
| Charms or Conjurations to Cure or Protect Animals | 79 |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| Of Pregnancy and Charms or Folk-Lore Connected With it—Boar's Teeth and Charms for Preventing The Flow of Blood | 100 |
| CHAPTER VII | |
| The Recovery of Stolen Property—Love-Charms—Shoes and Love-Potions or Philtres | 108 |
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| CHAPTER VIII | |
| Roumanian and Transylvanian Sorceries and Superstitions Connected With Those of the Gypsies | 122 |
| CHAPTER IX | |
| The Rendezvous or Meetings of Witches, Sorcerers, and Vilas—A Continuation of South Slavonian Gypsy-Lore | 142 |
| CHAPTER X | |
| Of the Haunts, Homes, and Habits of Witches in the South Slavic Lands—Bogeys and Humbugs | 152 |
| CHAPTER XI | |
| Gypsy Witchcraft—The Magical Power Which Is Innate In All Men and Women—How It May Be Cultivated And Developed—The Principles of Fortune-Telling | 162 |
| CHAPTER XII | |
| Fortune-Telling (continued)—Romance Based on Chance, Or Hope, As Regards the Future—Folk- and Sorcery-Lore—Authentic Instances of Gypsy Prediction | 186 |
| CHAPTER XIII | |
| Proverbs Referring to Witches, Gypsies, and Fairies | 194 |
| CHAPTER XIV | |
| A Gypsy Magic Spell—Hokkani Baro—Lellin Dudikabin, Or the Great Secret—Children's Rhymes and Incantations—Ten Little Indian Boys and Ten Little Acorn Girls of Marcellus Burdigalensis | 209 |
| CHAPTER XV | |
| Gypsy Amulets | 230 |
| CHAPTER XVI | |
| Gypsies, Toads, and Toad-Lore | 255 |