spancel

No, there was nothing now but the spancel there on her finger, winding in circles behind its immaculate hill.

A spancel is a rope used to tie an animal's legs together; the association of the place with a horse fair encouraged the misinterpretation.

Clio goes back to Ptero, to return the Spancel, where she is forced to confront the sorceress.

Holian, reputedly a local witch, guaranteed that Sir Harry would be spellbound for life should Cottle apply the spancel to him.

In 1559 the Battle of Spancel Hill was fought nearby, during a succession dispute in the O'Brien clan.

Following the departure of Sussex's forces Sir Donnell defeated the Earl and his allies at the Battle of Spancel Hill in 1559.

Spancel Hill is in the townland of Muckinish, civil parish of Clooney, and barony of Bunratty Upper.

In 1559 Clanricarde fought on the losing side at the Battle of Spancel Hill in County Clare as part of the Gaelic O'Brien succession dispute.

Tied into English political rivalries, Conchobhar had the support of the Earl of Sussex but was not able to decisively defeat his uncle, indeed Domhnall scored a victory at the Battle of Spancel Hill in 1559.

The spancel has been described as "an unbroken hoop of skin cut with incantations from a corpse across the entire body from shoulder to footsole and wrapped in silk of the colours of the rainbow and used as a spancel to tie the legs of a person to produce certain effects of witchcraft."