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HORSEHAIR UNDER DOORSTEP
Volume 5, entries 10433. Source context: ADDITIONAL RITES AND BELIEFS → HAG AND WITCH RETURN. Entries listed under this heading in the source volume.
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Entry 10433
I've heard a gentleman say that you can take a piece of horsehair and put it under your doorstep, and you Won't have any trouble with anyone coming to bother you. An evil person won't come to your house. [This counter-magic is like the hair of the dog that bit you. If not the horse, at least the witch riding the horse will not cross the buried horsehair.] [Petersburg, Va., first visit, by Ediphone, No.33.]
The account predicts that an evil person will not approach the house. It is reported hearsay, without an identified person, a universal moral classification or established protection.