"Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,—
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble."
-The Three Witches, Macbeth, Shakespear
I've long since been fascinated by this phrase. I've even searched for pictures of newts. Courtesy of Google, here they are:
(This one even looks like a tiny Toothless)
An eye of a newt seems to be a recurring ingredient in a witch's brew so I thought they were sort of mythical. Just one eye is enough. But then instead of searching for the actual newts, I looked for the meaning behind the poem. And according to http://people.howstuffworks.com/is-eye-of-newt-real-thing.htm, the "eye of newt" is actually a code for mustard seeds. And ironically you can use mustard seeds to ward of witches. (Life even for a witch seems complicated!)
But no matter the meaning, an Eye of Newt seems like the first thing you'd need to pocket to help magic yourself into a life that only existed in your dreams. Hopefully I can make this blog magical too. :)