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  2. List of string figures - Wikipedia

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    "Opening A", seen from below "Two Diamonds" Heraklas' "Plinthios Brokhos" made in a doubled cord.Resembles "A Hole in the Tree" with different crossings. "Cradle", the first (and opening) position of Cat's cradle "Soldier's Bed" from Cat's cradle "Candles" from Cat's cradle "Diamonds" from Cat's cradle "Cat's Eye" from Cat's cradle "Fish in a Dish" from Cat's cradle "Grandfather Clock" from ...

  3. Witch's ladder - Wikipedia

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    A witch's ladder (also known as "rope and feathers", witches' ladder, witches ladder, or witch ladder) is a practice, in folk magic or witchcraft, that is made from knotted cord or hair, that normally constitutes a spell. Charms are knotted or braided with specific magical intention into the cords.

  4. Taphrina betulina - Wikipedia

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    These leaves usually fall before the normal leaves grow elsewhere on the tree. [3] There can be several witches broom in a tree. [4] Witches broom, formed by Taphrina betulina can be found on dwarf birch (Betula nana), Betula nana x pubescens, silver birch (Betula pendula), downy birch (Betula pubescens) and Betula pubescens var.glabrata. [1]

  5. Sacra Terra: Angelic Night - Walkthrough - AOL

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    Sacra Terra: Angelic Night - Game Introduction Sacra Terra: Angelic Night is a hidden object/adventure game played on the PC created by Alawar. This walkthrough includes tips and tricks, helpful ...

  6. 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.

  7. String figure - Wikipedia

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    String figures may also involve the use of the mouth, wrist, and feet. They may consist of singular images or be created and altered as a game, known as a string game, or as part of a story involving various figures made in sequence (string story). String figures have also been used for divination, such as to predict the sex of an unborn child. [1]

  8. Witch's broom - Wikipedia

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    Witch's brooms on downy birch, caused by the fungus Taphrina betulina Witch's broom on a white pine. Witch's broom in Yamaska National Park, QC. Witch's broom or witches' broom is a deformity in a woody plant, typically a tree, where the natural structure of the plant is changed. A dense mass of shoots grows from a single point, with the ...

  9. Mare (folklore) - Wikipedia

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    [22]: #147 [50] The ways purportedly effective for warding the stable (and perhaps home too [51]) are hanging a slaughtered magpie , inviting the mare for breakfast, [c] cutting off a string from the doorknob, sticking an awl in the door, or putting a broom and an axe crosswise on the threshold [49] (or a broom in the bedroom to ward it off [44 ...