A French Love Powder.
A curious instance of how deeply old superstitions are still rooted in remote parts of the country is a case which has lately been brought before the magistrates of Marquet, in the department of Loiret, in France. A short time ago the gravedigger of Fontenay-sur-Loing said to some workmen with whom he was talking at a Ferrieres factory: "Perhaps you think that dead men's bones are of no use to anyone ; but you are mistaken. I have sold some to two women from Ferrieres." The police, hearing of this occurrence, made inquiries ; and the following facts were revealed : The women from Ferrieres went to Fontenay-sur-Loing and asked the gravedigger for some human bones. At first he refused, but was soon persuaded to yield for an ample bribe. The women, Avho passed in the district for sorceresses, returned home hiding the bones for a short time, and then burning them and carefully gathering up the cinders, their purpose being to prepare a love draught for a young and pretty country lass, who had ordered it to reconquer the heart of a lover who had turned her off.
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 224, 15 October 1887, Page 7
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190A French Love Powder. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 224, 15 October 1887, Page 7
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