from Ollaberry, Shetland
This plum-shaped stone from Ollaberry in Shetland was used in the 18th or 19th century as a charm to preserve or recover milk from cows thought to have been bewitched. The stone would have been rubbed on the udders of cow from which milk had been 'stolen'.
Plum-shaped charmstone from Ollaberry, Shetland
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