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So there is this lady in Ellezelles
Using her broom to sweep
The dust from her front porch
True, there is also that cauldron in the front garden
A cauldron filled with multicolored flowers
Surrounded by wild greenery
Trying to look very average
In an average neighborhood
But a broom and a cauldron
Won't do the trick
And witches in Ellenzelles
Are never far away.
Using her broom to sweep
The dust from her front porch
True, there is also that cauldron in the front garden
A cauldron filled with multicolored flowers
Surrounded by wild greenery
Trying to look very average
In an average neighborhood
But a broom and a cauldron
Won't do the trick
And witches in Ellenzelles
Are never far away.
Published 3rd Aug 2023
Author's Note
In 1610 in Ellenzelles (Belgium) Quintine de la Glisserie (and 4 other women) were condemned for witchery and burned at the stake. Nowadays in the Summer it is rather fun times and all sorts of weird creatures (many ugly looking things made of wood) are found along ways in a huge parc....
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21st Aug 2023 00:50am
I'm always dismayed by the cruelty of the old ways and sad for the suffering these souls went through.
21st Aug 2023 5:31pm
