Detect a Changling

Ingredients 24 Eggshells Hearth/fireplace Brewing supplies for beer Description This spell was used to detect a Changling back in the days when this belief was held regularly. This is more for reference than anything else. Spell Casting Changelings were fairy creatures that were left in the place of stolen children. The naughty fae folk often used to steal babies, and leave their own young in their place. If you suspected your baby had been replaced, this is what the mother of the child had to do: Take 24 eggshells, set them up on the hearth, and start to brew beer. The changeling would then sit up and say:   "I heard it from my father, and he from his, and he from his, that an acorn was before the oak, and the oak was in the ground, but I have never seen brewing done in eggshells before!"   Which meant that it was definately a changeling. Once you knew this the mother would heat a shovel until it was red-hot and hold the child above it and let it fall. The changeling would fly away up the chimney, laughing and shrieking, and the child would be returned safely. SpellsOfMagic.com Magic spells for everyone, anytime, any occasion. Be sure to check us out at www.spellsofmagic.com for more details and information on making your spells more powerful and effective. We have hundreds of free spells which you can cast, or have us cast for.