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<p>[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 6195698, member: 16283"]So You want to know if the mark is what's called 'An Apotropaic Mark (Witch Mark/Anti-Witch Mark), a symbol/pattern scratched on the walls, beams & thresholds of buildings to protect them from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft" rel="nofollow">witchcraft</a> or evil spirits. They have many forms; in Britain they are often <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overlapping_circles_grid" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overlapping_circles_grid" rel="nofollow">flower-like patterns of overlapping circles</a>.' from Wiki.</p><p> I would put a camera w/ sound on it & review the tape every now & then.The mark could also be the Cabinet Makers logo/sigil.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bosko69, post: 6195698, member: 16283"]So You want to know if the mark is what's called 'An Apotropaic Mark (Witch Mark/Anti-Witch Mark), a symbol/pattern scratched on the walls, beams & thresholds of buildings to protect them from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft']witchcraft[/URL] or evil spirits. They have many forms; in Britain they are often [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overlapping_circles_grid']flower-like patterns of overlapping circles[/URL].' from Wiki. I would put a camera w/ sound on it & review the tape every now & then.The mark could also be the Cabinet Makers logo/sigil.[/QUOTE]
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