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In the spotlight…children’s Tudor shoes and 17th century Bellarmine jugs to ward off witches! Folk tales warned of danger in the fens and many people carried charms and ‘safekeeps’ to protect themselves. These children’s shoes were found bricked up in a wall in Ely Porta, one of Ely Cathedral’s gatehouses and are thought to have been a charm to ward off witches. Drinking jugs with faces were imported from Germany and known as Bellarmine jugs. In the 17th century these jugs were often used as wit

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