Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1920 — Elf Arrows. [ARTICLE]

Elf Arrows.

Elf arrow Is a name given to a triangular piece of flint, formerly used as an arrowhead by early inhabitants of Great Britain and Europe generally. It was once' believed that these barbs of flint were shot by elves or invisible beings at cattle' or men to bewlfcb tbem- hence the name. Cattle dying suddenly In the fields were said to have been stSrtick by an elf arrow; and this superstition still lingers in Ireland at the present dag. Blf arrows set In silver, were frequently worn as talismans, and were considered most efficacious as preventives against poison and witchcraft They are also called elf bolts, elf darts, elf shot and elf stones.