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Horseshoe
An iron shoe nailed over a door — one of the oldest recorded house charms in England.Over the threshold, 1696England, 1696John Aubrey’s Miscellanies (1696) notes that it was very common to nail horseshoes on the thresholds of doors to stop witches entering the house.Source: John Aubrey, Miscellanies (1696), Project Gutenberg ↗
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