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Joshua Cutchin | Paranormal Kidnappings, Changelings, & Fairyland
Rituals for Retrieving Children from the Fairy Realm
Parents used various magical rituals and physical deterrents, such as placing iron in a bed, to protect children or retrieve them from the fairies. Retrieval methods often involved "fairy doctors" who prescribed specific acts like passing a child through standing stones or cooking a black hen. Some darker traditions involved abusing the changeling to force the fairies to return the original human child through a spiritual exchange.