The Long Lost Friend Or Faithful Christian Instructions Containing Wonderous And Well Tried Arts Remedies For Man As Well As Animals

"Early English-language edition of this ... work of Pennsylvania Dutch folk magic and medicine, first published in German as 'Der lange verborgene Freund' in 1820, with a short appendix of 'valuable recipes not in the original work of Hohman, added by the publishers.' Hohman was a German-American printer, bookseller, and compiler of local herbal remedies, rituals, and healing spells and charms. This work includes recipes for medicinal folk cures for people and livestock, as well as instructions for making talismans and performing spells that invoke divine assistance (usually from Jesus Christ or from the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost). There are methods for preventing poaching, compelling a thief to return stolen goods, protecting onseself from weapons, extinguishing fire without water, protecting cattle against witchcraft, making a judge favor your case in court, and other useful skills."--Antiquarian bookseller's description, 2018.