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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 81792, member: 56"]Calico: Yes, thank you! Found it under that name. It's called a luckenbooth pendant and here's part of what Wikipedia says:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>The luckenbooth brooch is a traditional Scottish love token: often given as a betrothal or wedding brooch. It might be worn by a nursing mother as a charm to help her milk flow, and/or be pinned to a baby's clothing to protect it from harm. It was known as a witch-brooch by people using it to save children from the evil eye.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>So KingofThings was right with the Scottish connection as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 81792, member: 56"]Calico: Yes, thank you! Found it under that name. It's called a luckenbooth pendant and here's part of what Wikipedia says: [I]The luckenbooth brooch is a traditional Scottish love token: often given as a betrothal or wedding brooch. It might be worn by a nursing mother as a charm to help her milk flow, and/or be pinned to a baby's clothing to protect it from harm. It was known as a witch-brooch by people using it to save children from the evil eye.[/I] So KingofThings was right with the Scottish connection as well.[I][/I][/QUOTE]
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