Witch Spells

Weather Omen

Weather Omen: Cut a chip from a beech tree on October 31, examine it to see if it is wet or dry. If wet, this is the sign that the winter will be bitter cold. If dry, expect a warmer than normal winter season.

Footsteps Of Death

If you hear footsteps trailing close behind you on Halloween night, take care not to turn around to see who it is, for it may be Death himself! To look Death In the eye, according to ancient folklore, is a sure way to hasten your own demise.

Born On Halloween

If a child is born last day of October, he or she will be gifted with psychic powers, and be able to see, and converse with the spirits of the dead. Those born on Halloween has been said can never be harmed by evil ghosts.

See Your Shadow

Be warned that ill luck may knock upon your door if you are foolish enough to see your own shadow in the moonlight on Halloween.

To cast a headless shadow or no shadow at all is still believed by many folks in the United States and Europe to be an omen of death in the course of the next year.

Halloween Fire

According to an old English folk belief, you will invite bad luck into your home if you allow a fire to burnout on Halloween. To remedy the situation, the fire must be rekindled by a lighted sod brought from the home of a priest.

The Dead of Halloween

In many parts of the world, it is believed that when the dark shadows of Halloween night begin to fall, the restless spirits of the dead find their way back to their earthly homes to warm themselves by the fire. When the first rays of dawn appear across the sky, the spirits return to the realm of the dead for another year. It is said that it is not wise and is dangerous for anyone to try to keep the dead from returning. According to old beliefs, cursed are those who anger or interfere with the dead.