Devotional pictures for swallowing
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devotional-pictures-for-swallowing-196-502651
title:
Devotional pictures for swallowing
text:
Schluckbildchen; from German, which means literally "swallowable pictures", are small notes of paper that have a sacred image on them with the purpose of being swallowed. They were used as a religious practice in the folk medicine throughout the eighteenth to twentieth century, and were believed to possess curative powers. Frequently found in the "spiritual medicine chests" of devout believers at that time, by swallowing them they wished to gain these curative powers. They are to be distinguishe
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Small notes of paper with a sacred image, meant to be swallowed
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devotional_pictures_for_swallowing
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2024-01-29T19:30:11Z
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{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Schluckbildchen.jpg","width":900,"height":547}
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