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Elfshot
Elfshot or elf-shot is a medical condition described in Anglo-Saxon medical texts, notably ''Wið færstice'', and believed to be caused by invisible elves shooting invisible arrows at a person or animal, causing sudden shooting pains localised to a particular area of the body.〔Jolly, 19〕 Modern dignoses might include rheumatism, arthritis, muscle stitches or cramps. Similar concepts existed in other northern European cultures.
Belief, or at least references to, elfshot persisted into the 20th century,〔Hereot〕 also in Scotland, though more modern elves seem to have concentrated their attentions on animals.〔(The Fairy Folk attack! ), Orkneyjar〕 In rural areas country folk would sometimes find small arrowheads (the remains of Neolithic or Mesolithic flints, or naturally-occurring spear-shaped stones). The prevention or curing of Elfshot comes from using a charm against the sudden stitch, the three plants used in the cure are feverfew, red nettles and waybread. All have vaguely spear-shaped leaves, which may have suggested their use as a remedy for pains attributed to elf-arrows.〔Hereot〕
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