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Writing Website: rubygranger.com
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Images:
Cauldron Photograph (from the MET) - metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/452779
Maple syrup cauldron (Wikimedia images) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boiling_Maple_Syrup,_Eastern_Townships.jpg
Cauldron woodcut (1489) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Witches_add_ingredients_to_a_cauldron.JPG
Woodcut (from Stirling Heritage Trust) - stirlingcityheritagetrust.org/blog/stirlings-witches
The three witches from Macbeth (painting) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Three_Witches_from_Shakespeares_Macbeth_by_Daniel_Gardner,_1775.jpg
A Shorte Dictionary by John Withals - archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1475-1640_a-shorte-dictionarie-for_withals-john_1556/page/n9/mode/2up
Poppy botanical image (Elizabeth Blackwell) - lookandlearn.com/history-images/YN033513/Red-poppy
Cynoglossum officinale by Jan Christiaan Sepp - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cynoglossum_officinale_-_Pl0034_-_FloraBatava-KB-v01.jpg
Holly leaves botanical drawings (held at the MET) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holly_Leaves_MET_DP806094.jpg
Artemisia absinthium (from Nordens Flora) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artemisia_absinthium_NF.jpg
Moss Botanical Image (Mikroskopische Gemüths- und Augen-Ergötzung) - pdimagearchive.org/images/6f36c62f-c58b-482f-92cc-f6de6ebf2cff
Witches Woodcut (Wellcome Trust) - wellcomecollection.org/search/images?query=abkab8tq#hbe9wc8m
"The Three Witches from Macbeth, Double, Double, Toil and Trouble" By Mary Tore (1781). Held by Yale Centre for British Art. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Hoare_-_The_Three_Witches_from_Macbeth,_Double,_Double,_Toil_and_Trouble_-_B1975.4.1969_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg
Scene of Three Witches from Shakespeare's Macbeth By George Cattermole (1840). Held at Yale Centre for British Art. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Cattermole_-_Scene_of_Three_Witches_from_Shakespeare%27s_Macbeth_-_B1975.4.1056_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg
Sources:
The Oxford English Dictionary
Australian newspaper article with recipe for Bran Tea - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/261860889/29320576#
See for more information on herbs behind the potion in Macbeth - https://libnews.umn.edu/2025/10/shakespearean-recipe-witchs-brew/ and dictionary.com/e/witch-ingredients
Vela Pena article - researchgate.net/publication/396352353_Green_Magic_and_Gendered_Knowledge_Witches_Healing_and_Herbal_Resistance
Euvs cocktail book archive - https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/
0:00 showing you the "potions book"
1:31 the history of witches and potion making
5:17 witchcraft & fears of female learning
9:52 dating this manuscript (& feeling like a detective)
Thank you for watching! I hope you found this interesting!
Find Me Elsewhere -
Pumpkin Productivity (my stationery company): bit.ly/3wgsR85
Writing Website: rubygranger.com
instagram: @_rubygranger
tiktok: @rubygranger8
email (business enquiries only please): rubygranger@sixteenth.com
Images:
Cauldron Photograph (from the MET) - metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/452779
Maple syrup cauldron (Wikimedia images) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boiling_Maple_Syrup,_Eastern_Townships.jpg
Cauldron woodcut (1489) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Witches_add_ingredients_to_a_cauldron.JPG
Woodcut (from Stirling Heritage Trust) - stirlingcityheritagetrust.org/blog/stirlings-witches
The three witches from Macbeth (painting) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Three_Witches_from_Shakespeares_Macbeth_by_Daniel_Gardner,_1775.jpg
A Shorte Dictionary by John Withals - archive.org/details/bim_early-english-books-1475-1640_a-shorte-dictionarie-for_withals-john_1556/page/n9/mode/2up
Poppy botanical image (Elizabeth Blackwell) - lookandlearn.com/history-images/YN033513/Red-poppy
Cynoglossum officinale by Jan Christiaan Sepp - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cynoglossum_officinale_-_Pl0034_-_FloraBatava-KB-v01.jpg
Holly leaves botanical drawings (held at the MET) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Holly_Leaves_MET_DP806094.jpg
Artemisia absinthium (from Nordens Flora) - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artemisia_absinthium_NF.jpg
Moss Botanical Image (Mikroskopische Gemüths- und Augen-Ergötzung) - pdimagearchive.org/images/6f36c62f-c58b-482f-92cc-f6de6ebf2cff
Witches Woodcut (Wellcome Trust) - wellcomecollection.org/search/images?query=abkab8tq#hbe9wc8m
"The Three Witches from Macbeth, Double, Double, Toil and Trouble" By Mary Tore (1781). Held by Yale Centre for British Art. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mary_Hoare_-_The_Three_Witches_from_Macbeth,_Double,_Double,_Toil_and_Trouble_-_B1975.4.1969_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg
Scene of Three Witches from Shakespeare's Macbeth By George Cattermole (1840). Held at Yale Centre for British Art. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Cattermole_-_Scene_of_Three_Witches_from_Shakespeare%27s_Macbeth_-_B1975.4.1056_-_Yale_Center_for_British_Art.jpg
Sources:
The Oxford English Dictionary
Australian newspaper article with recipe for Bran Tea - https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/261860889/29320576#
See for more information on herbs behind the potion in Macbeth - https://libnews.umn.edu/2025/10/shakespearean-recipe-witchs-brew/ and dictionary.com/e/witch-ingredients
Vela Pena article - researchgate.net/publication/396352353_Green_Magic_and_Gendered_Knowledge_Witches_Healing_and_Herbal_Resistance
Euvs cocktail book archive - https://euvs-vintage-cocktail-books.cld.bz/
0:00 showing you the "potions book"
1:31 the history of witches and potion making
5:17 witchcraft & fears of female learning
9:52 dating this manuscript (& feeling like a detective)
