A well – researched and informative overview of witchcraft in England. Entertaining reading for All Hallows Eve…
England has a long and varied history of witchcraft. As a tradition stretching back centuries, it is hardly surprising that there are a great variety of places that abound with legends, stories and histories about witchcraft, witches, persecution and execution. When researching the topic for my novel ‘The Black Hours’, I came across lots of interesting stories and made a long list of places that I’d love to visit. Some of them I have been lucky enough to visit although I would like to visit again one day. In fact, what I’d really like to do is go on a witchcraft tour of England – spending time in all these places. All offer something interesting and informative; some are fun and have more to do with legend, myth and fairy tale than the brutal truth of the horror of the witch hunts; other places I have found to…
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Rereading Jane Eyre 
Interesting stuff. Of course we had our own witch trials here, mostly centered in Salem, Massachusetts.
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Chilling stuff for All Hallows Eve! We had a party at school and the 3 English teachers (including myself) dressed up as the witches in Macbeth and performed the opening lines! We had such fun!
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I’m so jealous – double,double toil and trouble, caldron boil and caldron bubble – what fun!
I always liked being a witch for Halloween, one with orange hair!
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Ha ha!😂😂 It was such fun! I also have a video!
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Is there anyway I can see it?
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I’ll send you a link when it goes up on our school webpage:)
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Can’t wait!
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