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witch post
witch post n. historical (in northern England, esp. Yorkshire) a wooden post, usually of mountain ash, marked with a cross and built into a house as a protection against witchcraft or magic.
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1900 St. Louis & Canad. Photographer Nov. 529/2 In many old cottages in Yorkshire may be seen similar posts made of wood, called witch posts, about the same height, placed inside the kitchen door,..to keep witches and evil spirits from coming round the corner.
1971 K. Thomas Relig. & Decline of Magic xvii. 543 Other preservatives included ‘witch-posts’ built into the structure of the house.
2015 S. Gordon in C. Houlbrook & N. Armitage Materiality of Magic iv. 72 A witch-post from East End Cottage, Egton, currently archived in Whitby Museum, shows how the saltire was typically incised in the upper part of the timber.
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