# Cunning folk

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  "title": "Cunning folk",
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  "revision": "909a9b8712dbf444",
  "catalogue_revision": "f050b5d4780b1289",
  "numeric_address": "4614162402651825730",
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  "answer_status": "Directory metadata; local answer requires separate source review",
  "truth_status": "Subject descriptor, not a factual answer or a demonstrated knowledge gap"
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Here are entered works on individuals in English history from medieval times to the 20th century, and in early American history, who were hired to practice magical skills, such as curing sickness, detecting thieves, forecasting the future, procuring love, and diagnosing witchcraft, in return for payment in money or small gifts.

Directory metadata is not a factual answer or evidence of a global knowledge gap.

Source: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003011463

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