ABC Wednesday - H is for Hocus Pocus

Hello, everybody! This is my first entry on the ABC fun after a very long time! I really missed this meme and I can hardly wait to see what everybody else is up to!

For me, H is for Hocus Pocus. Spoken words are a must for witches and a wonderful tool for the imagination. When I was a little girl, I used to love saying those words when playing with my stray dog Black, turning him into another creature with my improvised wand - actually a branch from the mango tree by our house. I still love having an old branch at my altar as my Air tool. Wikipedia has an interesting article about the origins of the word, from a parody of the Roman Catholic liturgy to a Norse folklore tale, it is worthy reading.

Hocus Pocus is also the title for one of the funniest movies on witches - thanks to the hilarious interpretation of the actresses playing the main roles, Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jesica Parker. My little witch loves it too:

One curious thing about this movie is that the lyrics to the song played by one of the witches to enchant all Salem's kids are allegedly the original poem by Edgar Allen Poe, "Come little children":

Come little children I'll take thee away, into a land of Enchantment Come little children the time's come to play here in my garden of Shadows Follow sweet children I'll show thee the way through all the pain and the Sorrows Weep not poor childlen for life is this way murdering beauty and Passions Hush now dear children it must be this way to weary of life and Deceptions Rest now my children for soon we'll away into the calm and the Quiet Come little children I'll take thee away, into a land of Enchantment Come little children the time's come to play here in my garden of Shadows

How creepy is that? lol

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