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!
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!
When Owl and Witch together are seen
there's mischief brewing on Halloween!
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!
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-
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