You Could Hire a Magician to Find Your Lost Stuff 400 Years Ago. The Real Danger Was If They Failed.
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Service magicians known as “cunning folk” tracked down stolen goods with sieves and shears—until a spell went wrong. Christabel Robyns was only trying to find some spoons and a pewter jug. In 1629, there were no smartphones or microchips to track lost items and no hidden cameras to play back video …
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