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In Scandinavia, folk healers and magic practitioners were traditionally known as "klok gumma" (wise woman) or "klok gubbe" (wise man), collectively called "De kloka" (The Wise Ones). Some faced legal punishment for "superstition" but their clientele often increased after trials. Well-known cunning folk like Ingeborg i Mjärhult practiced across wide areas. In Britain, cunning folk were also known as wise men/women, wizards, or dyn(es) hysbys in Welsh. Laws were passed against their magic but persecution was

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M.d. Pejrhardsson

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