One sequence which has been puzzling me in 'Requiem for a Village' is where a frog is caught, hung from a tree and then its bones separated and cast onto a stream.
The film is soon to be released on DVD
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Wonderful screenshots, would love to watch this. Having studied a bit of folklore, I believe the casting and retrieval of toad bones into a river is meant to give a person command over animals (including people), although it was usually intended for horses. I'd try it but its too cold at the moment.
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An Historical Study of the Toad-bone Amulet; its forms, functions, and praxes in popular magic.
http://web.archive.org/web/20041015023500/www.the-cauldron.fsnet.co.uk/toad.htm
Thanks Wolfspier this is really interesting
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