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Tuesday, May 30, 2017



"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:
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(This one even looks like a tiny Toothless)
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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. :)

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