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Word: fraimbault (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Reigning Sorcery. Brittany and western Normandy still produce a dozen stories a year of sorcery and witchcraft. Sometimes it goes beyond fun and games. In the Norman hamlet of Saint-Fraimbault last month, a woman drowned herself because she believed she was a victim of the evil eye, and a young farmer reportedly hanged himself for a similar reason. Driven to holy anger, the local priest cried from the pulpit to his tiny congregation: "You believe more in the devil's power than in God's. Sorcery reigns here as master...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France: Quel Est Votre Signe? | 1/15/1965 | See Source »

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