Demdike – Hues of Hankinson

Puffball potions

Toadstool faeries

Ravens guard the graveyard.

Harbingers of untimely death

Old Witch

Wizened

Haglike

Demdike

Whispers on the wind

Caustic curses

Widow wastes away.

All Hallows Eve

Wakening the spirits of the dead

Old souls rising.

This time of year is a time of remembering youth and stories of old as we head towards Halloween and Bonfire night. This is for d’Verse where we were asked to focus on one thing that this time of year represents to us.

Emily is still in hospital so it is a short visit and I shall do all my reading later in the week, so bear with me.

History- Old Demdike was one of the Pendle Witches she died in custody in 1612 at Lancaster Castle. The other 10 were later hanged. It was a time of great superstition and James 1 was greatly concerned with treason following the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. At Halloween when we were young it was traditional to walk up Pendle Hill in memory of the witches.