Fillet of a fenny snake,
In the cauldron boil and bake …
Um, ladies …
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog.
Ladies, wait!
Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting,
Lizard’s leg, and howlet’s wing,
Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf …
Ladies, stop!
You wretched charlatans. All I want is a salve for my skin.
Written from Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
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Crispina! I love this. What a perfect response! And I wrote down those ingredients for further reference…
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I thank you. And I liked yours too. 🙂
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Ah! The Witches! One track mind, those maids 🙂 Will can be so much fun! Nicely done!
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I thank you. But it’s such a famous passage, it had to be used.
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I agree. I had fun with Will once LOL BUT no NOT that! lol
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Well, I was going to play, as Will himself was wont to do, with the double entendre of his name. Indeed, if your mind works that way, you might ask if Shakespeare was his real name, or another play on words. 🙂
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O.k! now I’ll readjust my mind for a sec. …Hmm Hmm Hmm. There. What was that you were saying?
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🙂
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This is wonderful, Crispina!
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I thank you. I enjoyed writing it. Though I was inspired, in part, by Omnia’s Wytches Brew, which I think is brilliant :).
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Yes, it is brilliant.
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And just as I wrote that, it played. But then it’s always on the playlist. 🙂
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A little bit of serendipity 🙂
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Oh so good, Crispina! You have such a knack for this!!
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I thank you, Dale, though I just do it quick and it flows. If I have to think I get stuck in a nasty mind-numbing sleepy hollow. 🙂
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It flows rather nicely!!
It doesn’t always happen so easily for me. Some days I’m done in 5-10 minutes, others? Oy!
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If not in 10 minutes, then i go do something else. But that little wiring bug thinks it’s being ignored and so comes panicking back. Eureka! But I’m not saying it always works. 🙂
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Haha! Well, it definitely works for you 🙂
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Usually. But you don’t see the failures. 🙂
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Of course not.
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🙂
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Perhaps this is the rub that would remove the stains from Lady Macbeth’s hands?
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Instant spot remover. It’s the eye of toad that does it. 🙂
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Crispina I’m so sorry for spelling your name wrong. I fixed it. Forgive me?
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Ok, one apology will do. 🙂
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💗
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🙂
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This is GOOD–loved it 🙂
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I thank you. U have my moments 🙂
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You do very well, it seems to me 🙂 ❤
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🙂 Complete with typos. 🙂
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Typos add something sometimes 🙂
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🙂
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I’m not sure I can take the challenge but I can join the laughters. 😂😂😂 gosh so funny. If you want a salve go to herbalist. Never ever go to witches!
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Yea, but that wouldn’t have made the story 🙂
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True. Haha 😀
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Wonderful post!
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I thank you. 🙂
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