FOLK MAGIC & CHARMS · LESSON 2 OF 6 · 14 MIN

The Cunning Folk

Britain's wise men and women — finding the thief, lifting the curse, writing the charm — how the law treated them from 1542 to 1736, and why they were not pagan survivors.

You met the cunning folk briefly in Hearth & Hedge. This lesson looks at them more closely: who they were, what they sold, and what the written charms they handed over looked like.

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You met the cunning folk briefly in Hearth & Hedge. This lesson looks at them more closely: who they were, what they sold, and what the written charms they handed over looked like.