And at p. 175. this,--

"That Jesabel Irene, which was so bewitched with superstition, that all

order, all honesty, all law of nature broken, she cared not what she

did, so she might have her _mawmots_."

See also the editor's note on the use of the word in this last passage. In

Dorsetshire, among the common people, the word _mammet_ is in frequent use

to designate a puppet, a doll, an odd figure, a scarecrow.

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