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Title: The Swedish settlements on the Delaware, their history and relation to the Indians, Dutch and English, 1638-1664, with an account of the South, the New Sweden, and the American companies, and the efforts of Sweden to regain their colony
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Johnson, Amandus, 1877-1974
Subjects: Swedes
Publisher: (Philadelphia) University of Pennsylvania
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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se up and for a short time they had the powerof speech, but no man durst be present at that moment—aDanish farmer who attempted to see and hear the phenomenonwas very roughly handled. It was a common belief from theearliest times44 that the Finns possessed particular powers ofperforming supernatural things.45 In Sweden they were lookedupon as masters in the art of witchcraft and sorcery46 and the 42 Cf. Longfellows Skel. in Armor, for the use of this word. 43 There was no Christmas tree in Sweden at this time and hence none in thecolony. It was brought into Sweden from Germany in the beginning of thenineteenth century. 44 Cf. the story of Queen Gunhild (first half of tenth century) who was sentby her parents to Finmark to learn sorcery and witchcraft, and the Finn presentat the court of King Halfdan at Yule-tide. Cf. Nordmann, p. no ff. 48 The author was told by an old man in a southern province in Sweden inthe summer of 1906 that a Finn called Finn-Jan lived a wandering life in the
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X be Customs, Habits, Dress, Dwellings, Etc. 545 reputation followed them to America, Lasse the Finn and Karin the Finnish woman being accused of witchcraft andseparated from the main settlement during the governorship ofPrintz.47 That others were also supposed to possess this giftis probable and the belief in these things lived on, as we shallsee, into a later period. The following samples of formulas and superstitions willsuffice to give an idea of their general nature. Bleeding isstopped by grasping around the sore with the hand and repeat-ing the formula Thou shall stand as firm as Jordan stood,when John baptized in the name of the Father, of the Son andof the Holy Ghost. A psalm-book should be placed belowthe head of the newly-born child to prevent its being exchangedfor a changeling (or elf-child) by the evil spirits. When a cowis sold a bunch of hair should be taken from her and preservedto prevent the good luck from leaving the house with the cow.If milk is accidentally spille

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