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Dictionary definition: ‘COAL’ magic
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‘COAL’ magic
1650
T. HILL
Natural and Artificial Conclusions
CXLVI.
This Cole … onely to be found upon Midsummer-Eve … just at noon, under every root of Plantine and of Mugwort … whosoever weareth or beareth the same about with them, shall be freed from the Plague, Fever, Ague, and sundry other diseases.
1675
Practice of Paul Barbette
7.
Against the Falling-Sickness … some ascribe much, to coals pulled out (on St John Baptist's Eve) from under the roots of Mugwort: But those authors are deceived, for they are not coals, but very old acid roots, consisting of much volatile Salt; and are almost always to be found under Mugwort: So that it is only a ...
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