Girdle-measurers
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Girdle-measurers were practitioners of a specific type of curative English folk magic. They claimed to be able to tell whether fairies had placed a person under a spell
, or otherwise caused trouble for them. They did this by measuring the changing length of the afflicted person's belt or girdle.
Magic (paranormal)
Magic is the claimed art of manipulating aspects of reality either by supernatural means or through knowledge of occult laws unknown to science. It is in contrast to science, in that science does not accept anything not subject to either direct or indirect observation, and subject to logical...
, or otherwise caused trouble for them. They did this by measuring the changing length of the afflicted person's belt or girdle.