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The earliest known English-language work on magic, or what was then known as legerdemain (sleight of hand), was published anonymously in 1635 under the title Hocus Pocus Junior: The Anatomie of Legerdemain. [1] Further research suggests that "Hocus Pocus" was the stage name of a well known magician of the era.
Mary Sanderson (Hocus Pocus) Sarah Sanderson (Hocus Pocus) Winifred Sanderson (Hocus Pocus) Sarah (Stranger in Our House) Scáthach (American Horror Story: Roanoke) Adalind Schade ; Catherine Schade ; Chronoire Schwarz VI (Witchcraft Works) Scylla (Dragons II: The Metal Ages) Sea Hag (Thimble Theatre and Popeye)
In an editor's note at the beginning of the book, Vonnegut claims to have found hundreds of scraps of paper of varying sizes, from wrapping paper to business cards, sequentially numbered by their author to form a narrative. [1]
"Hocus Pocus" was released in 1993, but fans of the Halloween film may have missed these details. There are several references to Salem, Massachusetts , and its history with witchcraft.
Open sesame – used by the character Ali Baba in the English version of a tale from One Thousand and One Nights. [7] Ostagazuzulum – used by the title character, Wizbit, in the British Children's TV series Wizbit. [8] Shazam – used by the comic book hero Billy Batson to change into Captain Marvel.
Hocus-pocus is an exclamation used by magicians, usually the magic words spoken when bringing about some sort of change. Hocus Pocus , Hokus Pokus , or variants may also refer to: Books
Address: 4 Ocean Ave. Salem, MA Probably the most well-known place in Hocus Pocus that you can visit in real life is the Hocus Pocus house, AKA Max and Dani’s house. In the movie, the house ...
The science-fiction writer Kilgore Trout, who makes his appearance at the end of the novel and is referenced by Eliot Rosewater earlier on, defines the problem that Eliot is trying to address as "How to love people who have no use". Those whom Eliot tries to assist are life's terminal losers, unhinged by their lack of comprehension of the ...