Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—W

Witch Hazel

A shrub supposed to be efficacious in discovering witches. A forked twig of the hazel was made into a divining-rod for the purpose.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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