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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 [[Magic (paranormal)|spell]], or otherwise caused trouble for them. They did this by measuring the changing length of the afflicted person's belt or girdle.<ref>*{{cite book |title= Cunning-Folk: Popular Magic in English History  
|last= Davies|first=Owen |author-link= Owen Davies (historian) |year= 2007 |publisher= Hambledon Continuum |isbn= 978-1-84725-036-0|oclc= 85830157 
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[[Category:English folklore]]
[[Category:History of magic]]
[[Category:Magicians (supernatural)]]

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