Witch Krafting with Kat

The Return of Spring-heeled Jack!  Welcome to another Witchy Wednesday and this week we return to see what that devilish rogue Spring-heeled Jack has been up to. Real newspaper article from the Blandford and Wimborne Telegram  - January Friday 30th 1885.  A SPRING-HEELED JACK. For the last fortnight some excitement has been caused at Clewer, near Windsor, by the rumoured appearance of a " Spring-heeled Jack." Timid women an I children living in the district have been afraid to venture from their homes after dark in consequence of the pranks accredited to this mysterious individual. About two 'O' clock one morning a Windsor police-constable, while walking down Thames -street, was startled by some one springing on his back. He fell and rolled in the mud, and on rising attempted to secure his assailant, who proved to he a tall. athletic young man, about six feet high. The man escaped for the moment, hut after being chased up and down the streets of the town, was eventua...

  Whilst searching about the WWW I came across this interesting article on the costumes from the new adaptation of Nosferatu by Robert Eggers.  How Linda Muir’s Costumes Brought the Haunting Realism of ‘Nosferatu’ to Life with Robert Eggers https://theartofcostume.com/2024/12/18/how-linda-muirs-costumes-brought-the-haunting-realism-of-nosferatu-to-life-with-robert-eggers/

source, Moyse's Hall Museum The 300-year-old book of witch trials held in Bury St Edmunds will go on display later this month Historic book of town's witch trials to be displayed For more information please visit this BBC link.  https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvglz5qep98o.amp

I spotted this new musical about the Pendle Witch trial whilst researching online. Obviously I haven't seen it but I thought I would share the information on my blog as I know some of you would love to see this production.  Write up on 'Whats on Stage'. A scorching new musical Based on England’s most notorious witch trials Pendle, Lancashire. A witch hunt is raging and a 9-year-old Jennet accuses her own family of witchcraft. 21 years later, she finds herself imprisoned, surrounded by the most feared women in town. As the accuser becomes the accused, Jennet must confront a 250-year legacy of witchcraft and the dark secrets of her own past. As she listens to the shocking stories of the women around her, Jennet’s faith begins to crumble. Olivier Award-winning director Miranda Cromwell joins forces with Grammy award-winning Daisy Chute alongside Rebecca Brewer. A thrilling new musical combining uplifting anthems and powerful melodies in a fresh re-interrogation of the true sto...

  Welcome to another Witchy Wednesday. This week I am sharing a ghostly tale from my Buckinghamshire where I was born and brought up as a child. Old photos taken in and around Lane End in Buckinghamshire   The Red Lady of Lane End .  There is a local legend that there is a ghostly spirit of a young lady wearing a deep red dress haunting the footpaths near the hamlet of Lane End. This ghost story goes way back to some report it as 1776 others a decade earlier in 1767.   It's reported in the book 'Curious Buckinghamshire' by Roger Long that Anna was a local young lady who worked as a barmaid at a alehouse in the nearby village of Wheelerend Common.  She was beautiful, well liked and known for her love of wearing red dresses.  Going by my own knowledge of the area she may have worked in The Chequers. The Chequers is a 300 year old pub with history predating this and was originally called The Bricklayer Arms. Wheelers End was named after the Wheeler family...

Image is in the public domain the original copy is house at the British Library.  A Detection of Damnable Driftes, Practized by Three Witches Arrainged at Chelmifforde [Chelmsford] in Essex, at the Late Assizes There Holden, Which Were Executed in Aprill, 1579 Elizabeth Fraunces, of Hatfield Peverel, was by all accounts a fairly notorious witch, having been to court twice before this trial. In her previous confessions, she admitted to possessing a familiar that took the shape of a white cat unhelpfully called Satan. She also confessed to stealing sleep and killing one Andrew Byles, who would not marry her after getting her pregnant. The cat told her what herbs to drink to abort the pregnancy. Elizabeth also confessed to killing her six-month-old daughter and making her second husband lame. She was imprisoned and pilloried. During her third and final trial, Elizabeth confessed to bewitching her neighbour Alice Poole because she refused her some yeast. Elizabeth employed a spi...

Happy Valentine's day. 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 Here is a little mini tutorial on how I made a Valentine's card using various Tim Holtz dies and impresslits 3D embossing folders purchased from Sizzix. Cardstock used was a mixture of Sizzix and Tim Holtz Ideal-ology. Hope it inspires you to have a go at making your own card which doesn't need to be for Valentine's Day as everyday should be filled with love.

Welcome to another Witchy Wednesday and this weeks folklore tale is all about that devilish rogue Springheeled Jack! Spring-heeled Jack is an entity in English folklore of that appeared in the Victorian era. The first claimed sighting of Spring-heeled Jack was in 1837. Later sightings were reported all over the United Kingdom and were especially prevalent in suburban London, the Midlands and even in Scotland. According to various accounts, in October 1837 a girl by the name of Mary Stevens was walking to Lavender Hill, where she was working as a servant, after visiting her parents in Battersea. On her way through Clapham Common, a strange figure leapt at her from a dark alley. After immobilising her with a tight grip of his arms, he began to kiss her face, while ripping her clothes and touching her flesh with his claws, which were, according to her deposition, "cold and clammy as those of a corpse". In panic, the girl screamed, making the attacker quickly flee from the scene....

Welcome to another Witchy Wednesday. This week I thought I would share a section from the History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1925) about the Witches in Buckinghamshire.  The church and manor-house stand nearly half a mile from the town, and possibly mark the site of the original settlement, which migrated to the road when Wendover became a market town and borough. There is the old and not uncommon tradition to account for its position, that the building of the church was begun in a field close to the town, but when the materials had been collected they were taken away in the night by witches or fairies and found next day on the present site of the church. The field originally chosen was known as 'Witches Meadow,' and in support of the tradition 'Wychewelle Croft' may be noted as an early 14th-century field-name in this parish. Wendover Church was of considerable local importance in the middle ages, the Rood Cross of Wendover being ...

It's definitely all going on this weekend!  Happy Imbolc ( sorry a bit delayed due to blogger issues) and also happy groundhog day!