A tale of two poppets

This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by the Museum of Magic & Witchcraft in The Enquiring Eye, on 30/04/2020 The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version.On a visit to the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in 2009, a chance meeting between myself, Louise Fenton, and Graham King, the then owner of the Museum, led to the start of years of research and fascination with the stories behind the curses in the collection (to be included in a forthcoming publication with Troy Books). It began with an introduction to two curious clay dolls, wrapped in brown paper, black tissue paper and ���Boots the Chemist��� ribbon, that lay in the cabinet of curses along with other poppets. The dolls on display were all intended to harm, yet their histories were relatively unknown. These two poppets were to be the focus of the initial research. This is their story��