| Description Of Item | Clipped folio from the Observer in a scrapbook from the collection of John Ritchie relating to two incidents of alleged witchcraft in Italy. The first discusses the apprehension of a woman who had lost her handbag, in which was discovered a bleeding heart with pins affixed to it. The second reports of a woman who was murdered on accusations of contributing to the death of a local young girl from a wasting disease through her ‘dealings in the Black Art’. |