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Tick, takes her place beside one Luckie, a gossip of former Sabbaths, ill-favoured as herself, who comes from…

Date of account: Published 1908
Source: The book of witches
Reference: The book of witches · selected passage 32
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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tick, takes her place beside one Luckie, a gossip of former Sabbaths, ill-favoured as herself, who comes from the kingdom of Fife, where she is much feared for the sudden tempests she raises when the fishing-fleets are sailing homeward with full catches. Next to her is a younger witch, fair and well-born, Sidonia by name, of a noble house in Mecklenburg. She is a tall, pale girl, with hair the colour of ripe wheat, and grey-blue eyes. She is held in high esteem by Satan, both for her beauty and for the number of well-born youths she has delivered into his hands. Next to her is a witch of Spain, beautiful also, though brown and with black, beady eyes.

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