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  • Changelings and the Law August 11, 2011

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Modern
    Changelings and the Law

    ‘Changeling’, as noted in a recent post, was the name given by country folk on the Celtic fringe prior to children who were bewitched (i.e. ill): they were called ‘changelings’ because it was believed that fairies had come and had exchanged the child with a fairy. Parents’ reactions on having their children spirited away and […]