“One of the most widely-spread of popular superstitions is that relating to stones having a natural perforation. These are everywhere believed to be inimical to all kinds of witchcraft, but more especially are they reckoned as protectors against the much-dreaded yet ever-present Evil Eye.” The above citation is how Frederick Thomas Elworthy started his short… Continue reading The “Holiness” of Holed Stones
Archaeology of Folk Religion 