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Kyla Matton Osborne @Ruby3881 (1963) • Canada 3 Apr 16

One of the most common ways to depict a witch is flying on a broomstick. The image is so deeply rooted in our culture that the creators of Harry Potter and Practical Magic have found creative ways to incorporate the broom...

witchcraft

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Kyla Matton Osborne JK Rowling is a very talented author. There are dozens upon dozens of references to mythology and folklore in the Harry Potter books. Some people have even written books to help us track down and understand all those extra layers of content in the stories....

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Kyla Matton Osborne @Ruby3881 (1963) • Canada 3 Apr 16

One of the most common ways to depict a witch is flying on a broomstick. The image is so deeply rooted in our culture that the creators of Harry Potter and Practical Magic have found creative ways to incorporate the broom...

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Kyla Matton Osborne @seren3 Well hello there! I didn't know you were on MyLot. It's lovely to see you again Yes, we were taught that the witch hunt was quite an industry. In a lot of cases, the accused were women without male relatives (vulnerable women) and some...

11 Apr 16

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Kyla Matton Osborne @Ruby3881 (1963) • Canada 3 Apr 16

One of the most common ways to depict a witch is flying on a broomstick. The image is so deeply rooted in our culture that the creators of Harry Potter and Practical Magic have found creative ways to incorporate the broom...

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seren3 I have read (somewhere, long ago) that it was a huge property grab - anyone condemned, male, female or in between, had their property confiscated by the Vatican.

11 Apr 16

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Kyla Matton Osborne @Ruby3881 (1963) • Canada 3 Apr 16

One of the most common ways to depict a witch is flying on a broomstick. The image is so deeply rooted in our culture that the creators of Harry Potter and Practical Magic have found creative ways to incorporate the broom...

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Kyla Matton Osborne I don't know if it's odd, really. People fear what they don't know. And they tend to make up stories to justify the hostility that arises from their fear....

11 Apr 16

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Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44572) • Preston, England 7 Jan 16

I am very good at cracking the case prematurely in reading detective novels or watching Whodunits. A few, like The Usual Suspects, can throw a major surprise my way but I often see the twist way ahead of the big reveal being...

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seren3 Ha ha. I have a friend who can guess the ending of any movie and most books. I remind her to keep quiet so I can enjoy the suspense.

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Ali Canary @AliCanary (4955) 4 Feb 16

Hi, everyone. My name is Ali, and I am new, here. I'm not so new to online writing, as many people who may remember me from such sites as Bubblews, Persona Paper, Yahoo (all the way back to when it was Associated Content!) and...

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