
Do you have your witch ball in place for Halloween?
According to folk tales, witch balls would entice evil spirits with their bright colors (and refracted light);the strands inside the ball would then capture the spirit and prevent it from escaping.
They must work because my garden is free of evil spirits!
I really like sparkly refracted light this is my second post for This challenge.
well sais – beautiful!
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Thank you 🙂
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What a fun response to the prompt! And thanks for the tip on the witch ball – I’m sure my little girls will be fascinated when I tell them about it!
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Oh I do hope your girls like the story. There’s more on wikapedia!
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yes…have a witch ball…”gazing ball”…They made it sound a little more dreamy…and really liked your colors
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Well they do gaze on it get caught then become transformed into beautiful colors, it seems 🙂
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Great photo. We don’t celebrate Halloween that much here in New Zealand so I have never heard of witch balls. 😍
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Well gazing balls as they are sometimes call are an old British tradition, there’s more on wikipedia. 🙂
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I always wondered what witch balls were for. Love the colours and reflections in yours. Well gazing balls must be an English tradition as I’ve never heard of them in Scotland.
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Some sources say they are an American folk tradition! It’s not to well known where they originated. Maybe you could start it in Scotland 😉
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