Straw Necklaces

Perhaps these straw necklaces were anciently worn to preserve their possessors against *witchcraft;* for, till the thirteenth century, straw was spread on the floors to defend a house from the same evil agencies. Cf. *Le Grand d'Aussi Vie des Anciens Francs*, tom. iii. pp. 132. 134; "Notes AND Queries" pp. 245. 294.