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Am I a witch?

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thatbags Mon 08-Dec-14 16:55:13

Minibags says I'm a witch and my mother said herself that she thought she was a witch sometimes, such as when we were moving house across the country and she "just knew" she had to make sure our tetanus vaccinations were up to date. A few weeks after we had moved one of my brothers (who was four at the time) fell and got a rusty old nail from a pigsty stuck in his knee shock

I think she was just a good planner and dead organised.

Tegan Mon 08-Dec-14 15:23:46

Didn't we have a thread about curses ; I think phoenix came up with some good ones....

Teetime Mon 08-Dec-14 15:01:05

I should emphasise I don't wish harm on people only that something might happen- phone call, cancelled meeting that kind of thing. would that I could wish warts on some people. tchgrin

Tegan Mon 08-Dec-14 14:02:20

When I lived in Cornwall I used to wear a long black dress and wander around the lanes. One day an obnoxious child was quite rude to me and I told him I was a witch and had put a spell on him. I hope he didn't grow up damaged in some way. A child in my sons class at school got it into their head that I was a witch as well. I do wear black most of the time confused. There was a lot of witchcraft in Cornwall back then, but it was a long time ago. Strangely enough the remains of a witch at the witchcraft museum in Boscastle had my family name hmm....

Anya Mon 08-Dec-14 13:58:19

I often get a feeling when someone close to me needs me to phone them, email them or log into GN. So count me in your 13 please.

janerowena Mon 08-Dec-14 13:55:37

When I was much younger, and didn't have a DBH to teach me about the law of coincidence (and thereby take all the fun out of it) I did rather believe I must be a witch. It quite worried me for a while. The only two people I have ever wished dead (very mean people) both died of accidents shortly after. One, the first, was blown up rather spectacularly on Salisbury Plain. You can imagine how that shocked me! I tried to keep a very tight rein on what I wished for after that.

Maggiemaybe Mon 08-Dec-14 13:42:27

My dad always claimed my mum was a witch, because she was the seventh daughter of a Welshwoman confused. She did definitely have the knack of *making things happen". She once told a very bossy health visitor to walk under a bus, and the poor woman promptly did shock. I sometimes worry about how much I have inherited her "never forgive, never forget" temperament, but I haven't noticed any of my frequent ill-wishing coming to anything (phew).

I'll hop on the stool, pompa, just in case.

pompa Mon 08-Dec-14 13:17:39

Pompa searches ebay for a ducking stool.

petallus Mon 08-Dec-14 12:55:06

There'll soon be enough of us to start a GN coven! grin

annodomini Mon 08-Dec-14 12:39:14

And I thought our broomsticks were a joke! tchgrin

harrigran Mon 08-Dec-14 11:47:04

I too seem to have the power. DIL sent text to tell me about the school concert, it was on the one morning that I could not go. I muttered and cursed under my breath telling the powers that be to change the time, six hours later DIL got in touch to say that they had changed the time to the afternoon and hey presto I am able to go tchgrin

Mishap Mon 08-Dec-14 10:25:48

I might need to borrow you now and again when in traffic|!

Marmight Mon 08-Dec-14 10:24:23

We have a 'green' witch in our village - she makes money out of it - I should pursue your newly acquired witchy powers tchwink

ninathenana Mon 08-Dec-14 09:38:44

Just desserts indeed smile

My friend and I call each other witch. Quiet often one of us will be typing a text and one will cone through from the other person. Or I'll plan to ring her in a few minutes and the phone will ring and it's her.

Teetime Mon 08-Dec-14 09:32:41

if you are you can join my coven of myself, my sister, 2 daughters and 2 granddaughters all of whom seem to 'make things happen'.

petallus Mon 08-Dec-14 09:02:02

I was driving along yesterday in heavy traffic. We were proceeding slowly in an orderly queue when someone came whizzing up on the outside lane (meant for turning right) and then forced his way in front of me.

I was left impotently fuming but remarked (jokingly) to DH that I would put a curse on the driver, nothing too extreme.

Right at that point the hub cap on the offending driver's car started wobbling and came off, spinning spectacularly across the road to collide with another car. The driver was oblivious and drove on.

Now I'm wondering whether I have witchy powers. Maybe it's part of being a crone grin

I still feel delighted by the incident.