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Ye think that without
The wild winds shout,

But no, it is they—it is they!"

Coxe : Hallowe'en.

Witchcraft—the origin of which will be traced farther on—had a strong following in England. The three witches in Macbeth are really fates who foretell the future, but they have a kettle in which they boil

"Fillet of a fenny snake,
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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"

Shakspere:Macbeth.

They connect themselves thereby with those evil creatures who pursued Tam o' Shanter, and were servants of the Devil. In 1892 in Lincolnshire, people believed that if they looked in through the church door on Hallowe'en they would see the Devil preaching