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According to Charles Godfrey Leland, as a child in Philadelphia, he had a Dutch nurse who was reputed to be a sorceress.

One day she carried him up into the attic of their home and performed a ceremony over him,

placing a plate of salt with money and a lit candle by his head, and laying a Bible, a key,

and a knife on his little chest.

Her ritual was meant to ensure that he would succeed in life, as a scholar, and as a wizard.

The truth of this episode is impossible to determine, but indeed, Leland grew up to attend Princeton, study linguistics,

and write numerous books about the traditional poetry and folklore of the Algonquian people,

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