Witch Krafting with Kat

Childe Wynd thrice kisses the laidly worm , John D. Batten, 1890 The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh, also known as The Laidly Worm of Bamborough, is a Northumbrian ballad about a princess who is changed into a dragon (the "laidly worm" of the title). The Laidly Worm of Spindleston Heugh IN Bamborough Castle once lived a king who had a fair wife and two children, a son named Childe Wynd and a daughter named Margaret. Childe Wynd went forth to seek his fortune, and soon after he had gone the queen his mother died. The king mourned her long and faithfully, but one day while he was hunting he came across a lady of great beauty, and fell so much in love with her that he determined to marry her. So he sent word home that he was going to bring a new queen to Bamborough Castle. Princess Margaret was not very glad to hear of her mother's place being taken, but she did not repine, but did her father's bidding, and at the appointed day came down to the castle gate with the key...

Welcome to this weeks Witchy Wednesday, this week I thought it would fun to share a podcast I recently listened to on BBC website called Weird In The Wade.   The Witches of Bedfordshire Part One Weird in the Wade In this episode Nat takes you on a journey, exploring the history of witchcraft in Bedfordshire from medieval times up until the late 18th century. Kicking off with a ghost story about a witch. This episode moves from what is possibly Bedfordshire's earliest record of witchcraft, to the witch trials of the 17th century and beyond. It seems even when persecuting witches was outlawed in 1735, the people of Bedfordshire persisted in attempting to punish those who they thought dabbled in magical harm. In this episode Dr Francis Young, provides his insight into 16th century religious and political matters. Please visit this link.  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/Witches of Bedfordshire Part Two please visit this link.  https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/Bedfords...

Best wishes to all my blog readers this Summer Solstice.  Kat 😊 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

Lady's Newspaper and Pictorial Times  -  Saturday 12 July 1856 To view this page please visit.  https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/summersolstice

  The frog prince (1913) Welcome to part three of my Arthur Rackham gallery. My galleries are just a tiny collection of the amazing body of work he created in his lifetime. As he had produced so many wonderful pieces of artwork I promise to post more of Arthurs work in the near future. Until then here are some more beautiful images for you to enjoy.  Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman (1927) The Frogs and the Well (1912) Mother Goose Somebody has been at my porridge, and has eaten it all up! (1927) The Gnat and the Lion (1912) The giant Galligantua and the wicked old magician transform the duke’s daughter into a white hind (1927) ‘Well!’ she chuckled, ‘I am in luck!’ (1927) The witch Sycorax Tree of mine! O Tree of mine! Have you seen my naughty little maid (1927) Witches and warlocks, ghosts, goblins and ghouls (1911) Images and info sourced from ARTVEE. All images are in the public domain.  Thank you for visiting my blog. Witchy Wednesday returns next wee...

Val Thomas made this quilt panel depicting Elizabeth Bradwell, one of the women hanged as a witch Please visit BBC news for full article.   Pilgrimage remembers women condemned as witches