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double double, boil and trouble

A song/chant/spell witches say while stirring a cauldron and throwing items in the cauldron to brew the spell, usually to put a curse on someone (or to take one off)

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  • Song of the Witches from William Shakespeare; also from Macbeth
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Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...

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Submitted by TriplePurple on April 22, 2024

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