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Hallowe'en
Halloween, Samhain, Hop-tu-Naa, Calan Gaeaf, Kalan Gwav

The winter begins
with an evening of
bewitching tales 


​Double, double toil and trouble!


Witches and broomsticks and spells 'round a pot, 
On the eve of November; at four on the dot!
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When Owl and Witch together are seen
there's mischief brewing on Halloween!

The Cauldron by PlaQazo      Woodcraft by The Forest Workshop

THE TEAM FROM ONCE UPON A BUS,
AT A VENUE OF OUR CHOOSING,
AROUND A CAULDRON,
​ON HALLOWEEN...
SCENE I

A cavern. In the middle, a boiling cauldron.

Lightning! Thunder!

Enter :

The Three Witches


First Witch

Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd!

Second Witch

Thrice and once the hedge-pig whined!

Third Witch

Harpier cries 'Tis time! 'tis time!

First Witch

Round about the cauldron go;
In the poison'd entrails throw.
Toad, that under cold stone
Days and nights has thirty-one
Swelter'd venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first i' the charmed pot.

ALL

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble...

Second Witch

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,
Adder's fork and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg and owlet's wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

ALL

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Third Witch

Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,
Witches' mummy, maw and gulf
of the ravin'd salt-sea shark,
Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark,
Livers o' a blaspheming few,
Gall of goat, and slips of yew
Silver'd in the moon's eclipse,
Nose of Turk and Tartar's lips...

Finger of birth-strangled babe
Ditch-deliver'd by a drab,
Make the gruel thick and slab:
Add thereto a tiger's chaudron,
For the ingredients of our cauldron. 

ALL

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

Second Witch

Cool it with a baboon's blood,
Then the charm is firm and good...

Enter HECATE

HECATE

O well done! I commend your pains;
And every one shall share i' the gains;
And now about the cauldron sing,
live elves and fairies in a ring, 
enchanting all that you put in...

Music and a song:  Black spirits
HECATE retires

Second Witch

By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes...

Open, locks, Whoever knocks! 

Knock Knock...


Enter MACBETH

MACBETH

How now, you secret, black, and midnight hags!
What is't you do? !

ALL

A deed without a name! 
-oOo-

​A Halloween Night in Fifield
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INSPIRED TO LEARN ABOUT
Traditional celebrations, history, folklore, myths & legends, our ancestors' folk traditions, autumn winter festivals, seasonal music, activities, stories, comedy and classic literature

THE MAGIC OF STORYTELLING ~ THE WONDER OF SCIENCE ~ WITH Once Upon a Bus
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The stuff that makes us what we are
was formed in an exploding star
which drifted for 10 billion years
fell into our solar sphere
and then combining over time

evolved, to sit and write this rhyme!