Powers of Witches
Witches have a number of mysterious powers, yes there are many interesting things witches can do. Witches can cause a nosy neighbor's cow to dry up and stop giving milk, or make his garden wither and die. Witches can put visions of an unfaithful wife's indiscretions inside her husband's head while he's at work causing him to rush home unexpectedly and discover his wayward spouse's infidelity.
Witches can give rude boys the hiccups so bad that they have to be hung upside down from a hemlock tree in the darkness of a moonless night for cure. Witches can make naughty little girls vomit sharp objects.
The hunter who shoots deer in the witch's cornfield will lose the use of the eye with which he sights his gun, and the minister who condemns the witch's secretive murmurings will inexplicably spout obscene language during his next sermon.
A conniving merchant who fails to pay a witch for the potions he has commissioned from her for commercial trade will have his entire sailing fleet pursued by thrashing tempests - sails will be rent, masts broken, expensive cargoes lost at sea.
Witches can cause the spiteful town gossip to contract laryngitis; or afflict flirtatious young maidens with the nightmare. The larcenous farmer who steals a witch's rooster will suffer with hens that stop laying eggs or goats that give birth to two-headed kids.
The greedy land developer who encroaches on a witch's back forty will have his contractors abandon his building project due to visions of dark leathery-winged creatures hovering over the job site. A wealthy matron who covets a witch's spellcasting powers will find herself bedridden with measles. A restauranteur who won't permit witches to be served in his eatery will pull all his hair out from seeing devils in his soufflés, or if he be bald scald his fingers on a smoking skillet.
Yes, there are many curious powers that witches have, and one of their most formidable talents is knowing exactly what you are doing when you think no one is looking.
Double, double, toil and trouble
Fire burn, cauldron bubble
Witches can give rude boys the hiccups so bad that they have to be hung upside down from a hemlock tree in the darkness of a moonless night for cure. Witches can make naughty little girls vomit sharp objects.
The hunter who shoots deer in the witch's cornfield will lose the use of the eye with which he sights his gun, and the minister who condemns the witch's secretive murmurings will inexplicably spout obscene language during his next sermon.
A conniving merchant who fails to pay a witch for the potions he has commissioned from her for commercial trade will have his entire sailing fleet pursued by thrashing tempests - sails will be rent, masts broken, expensive cargoes lost at sea.
Witches can cause the spiteful town gossip to contract laryngitis; or afflict flirtatious young maidens with the nightmare. The larcenous farmer who steals a witch's rooster will suffer with hens that stop laying eggs or goats that give birth to two-headed kids.
The greedy land developer who encroaches on a witch's back forty will have his contractors abandon his building project due to visions of dark leathery-winged creatures hovering over the job site. A wealthy matron who covets a witch's spellcasting powers will find herself bedridden with measles. A restauranteur who won't permit witches to be served in his eatery will pull all his hair out from seeing devils in his soufflés, or if he be bald scald his fingers on a smoking skillet.
Yes, there are many curious powers that witches have, and one of their most formidable talents is knowing exactly what you are doing when you think no one is looking.
Double, double, toil and trouble
Fire burn, cauldron bubble
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