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The Folk-lore of Plants
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T. F. Thiselton-Dyer
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Similarly,
also,
they
had
their
favourite
flowers,
one
having
been
the
foxglove,
nicknamed
"witches'
bells,"
from
their
decorating
their
fingers
with
its
blossoms;
while
in
some
localities
the
hare-bell
is
designated
the
"witches'
thimble."
On
the
other
hand,
flowers
of
a
yellow
or
greenish
hue
were
distasteful
to
them.[10]
In
the
witchcraft
movement
it
would
seem
that
certain
plants
were
in
requisition
for
particular
purposes,
these
workers
of
darkness
having
utilised
the
properties
of
herbs
to
special
ends.
A
plant
was
not
indiscriminately
selected,
but
on
account
of
possessing
some
virtue
as
to
render
it
suitable
for
any
design
that
the
witches
might
have
in
view.
Considering,
too,
how
multitudinous
and
varied
were
their
actions,
they
had
constant
need
of
applying
to
the
vegetable
world
for
materials
with
which
to
carry
out
their
plans.
But
foremost
amongst
their
requirements
was
the
power
of
locomotion
wherewith
to
enable
them
with
supernatural
rapidity
to
travel
from
one
locality
to
another.
Accordingly,
one
of
their
most
favourite
vehicles
was
a
besom
or
broom,
an
implement
which,
it
has
been
suggested,
from
its
being
a
type
of
the
winds,
is
an
appropriate
utensil
"in
the
hands
of
the
witches,
who
are
windmakers
and
workers
in
that
element.[11]"
According
to
the
Asiatic
Register
for
1801,
the
Eastern
as
well
as
the
European
witches
"practise
their
spells
by
dancing
at
midnight,
and
the
principal
instrument
they
use
on
such
occasions
is
a
broom."
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