Fern (Fougère) is a type of vascular plant that reproduces via spores and lacks seeds and flowers. In European folklore, particularly in France and England, ferns, especially their ‘seeds’ (spores), were believed to possess magical properties. According to Pierre Delancre’s Tableau de l’Inconstance des Démons, sorcerers collected fern seeds on the eve of St. John … Read more
Bouillon du sabbat refers to a concoction purportedly made by witches during the sabbath. According to Pierre Delancre in his tenth treatise of Incrédulité et mêcréance du sortilège, witches at sabbath gatherings prepared a broth boiling the bodies of dead children and the flesh of hanged individuals. They added enchanted powders, black millet, and grenoils, … Read more
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