Granny Boswell

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Name:	Granny Boswell
Date of Birth:	1813
Date of Death:	1906

Granny Boswell was an Hereditary Wise woman of Romany Blood. She became famous and well respected by the people of Helston for her Wisdom and her knowledge of Charms. Her magical skills included assisting young woman in the finding of a partner, curing the scrofular by the aid of a small bag full of black spiders, curing ringworm in cattle and breaking curses. One amusing incident involving Granny Boswell occurred during the 1906 elections. A car was being used to ferry voters to and fro the polling station. When the car was turning to make another journey to the poll, Granny Boswell walked out in front and stood there (swaying slightly for she was very drunk) fascinated by the brightly polished, throbbing machine adorned with blue bows. Instead of politely asking her to step aside the driver shouted, roared the engine and blasted the horn. This made her furious and she proceeded to shriek at them with the most foul and abusive language and informed them that their machine would not get as far as the end of the street. After she stomped off in a fury, the car set off again on its journey, but only half way down the street, with a loud bang, one of the thick tension rods broke and the car had to be towed away by horse!