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Traditional belief viewed persons with disabilities as bewitched, and children with disabilities often were hidden when visitors arrived.
"We are bewitched, that is certain, and we shall not get away from here before broad day.— La mare au diable. English
"Is your sword bewitched, or under the influence of some charm Why, you must know that my sword may almost be regarded as part of my own body.— The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After"
While near Dorothy, she stamped, spat on the ground, and then cast a little mould over her, breathing in her ear, "Thou art bewitched--bewitched by Alizon Device Dorothy instantly struggled to free herself from Alizon Oh!— The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest
This house is bewitched, and my children are bewitched, all except Rowland Miss Gwynne wondered what Mr Prothero would think of him if he knew all Well, Mr Prothero, will you send after Gladys, or shall I?— Gladys, the Reaper

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