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  2. Flying ointment - Wikipedia

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    It has been a subject of discussion between clergymen as to whether witches were able physically to fly to the Sabbath on their brooms with help of the ointment, or whether such 'flight' was explicable in other ways: a delusion created by the Devil in the minds of the witches; the souls of the witches leaving their bodies to fly in spirit to ...

  3. Easter witch - Wikipedia

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    Easter witches in 2008 and 1958 A girl dressed up as an Easter witch. Easter witches (Swedish: påskkärring, ' easter hag ', [1] ' easter witch ', [1] Finland Swedish: påskhäxa, ' easter witch ', Finnish: trulli, ' trulli ') is an old Swedish legend about witches flying to Blockula (Swedish: Blåkulla, Blå Jungfrun) on brooms on the Thursday before Easter (Maundy Thursday, sv ...

  4. Magical tools in Wicca - Wikipedia

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    The besom or broom, is often associated with witches and witchcraft. The stories of witches flying on brooms originated from the besom. [citation needed] In Wicca, it is used in handfasting ceremonies wherein a couple jumps over it. The besom is also used in seasonal fertility dances as a representation of a phallus.

  5. Are witches real? Everything to know on spells, magic and more

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    In movies like "Hocus Pocus," witches often fly around on brooms, wear pointy hats and have at least one trusty black cat as a side kick. Although Blake's favorite color is black (and she's got ...

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    A very witch person. Why do witches fly on broomsticks? Because vacuum cleaners are too heavy. Why is a witch like a candle? ... A broom closet. What do witches’ cats eat for breakfast?

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    That "pointy hat, broomstick and cauldron" witch aesthetic isn’t really what modern-day witches walking amongst us in Target look like. ... While modern-day witches can do spells, use herbs and ...

  8. Broom - Wikipedia

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    The first reference to witches flying on broomsticks in Europe dates to 1453, confessed by the male witch Guillaume Edelin. [27] The concept of a flying ointment used by witches appears at about the same time, recorded in 1456. In Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz, the Wicked Witch of the West used a broomstick to fly over Oz.

  9. Real-life witches on the misconceptions they face and using ...

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    There's a lot of different reasons why you might do something, but also, yeah, I do think it works. I feel like it has an effect.” I feel like it has an effect.” “There's no wrong way to tap ...