![]() ![]() If you have any intentions of trying your luck at this brew, don’t be fooled, it’s much easier to gather holly leaves than the wool of a bat, as we have learned from experience.Ĭan I please ask for some clarification on this? There appear to be no sources that provide ‘eye of newt’ as an alternative name for ‘mustard seed’ prior to the 21st Century. Blind-worm = Slowworm (Anguis fragilis). ![]() Adders fork = Least Adder’s-tongue (Ophioglossum lusitanicum L.).Tongue of dog = Gypsyflower from the Genus Hound’s Tounge (Cynoglossum officinale L.).Wool of bat = Holly Leaves (Ilex aquifolium).Toe of frog = Buttercup (Ranunculus acris L.).This was true for some of the other ingredients as well: While gathering ingredients to fill our cauldron, we quickly found that the eye of newt was not to be taken literally but in fact a common name for mustard seed. “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.” Ingredients from Wangensteen By Harriet Matzdorf Pharmacy boxes from the Wangensteen artifact collection.Īs Halloween nears, staff at the Wangensteen Historical Library are finding inspiration from a Witch’s Brew recipe written in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. ![]()
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