Playing Cards
These playing cards were found tied to
bundles of 17th century Dumfries records containing
accounts of witchcraft trials. The cards may have been placed there
to ward off any evil in the papers. During the Early Modern Period,
playing cards were sometimes used as evidence of a witch's attempts
at divination. The use of cards to predict the future is seen
sporadically throughout Europe and may have found its way into
South Western Scottish beliefs of
witchcraft.
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DMWL012a-b
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Accession number :
DUMFM: 0202.4
Copyright :
Dumfries and Galloway Council
