A solitary female, usually elderly and often living outside of the local European village, who dispensed advice, medicines, medical aid, and folk magick remedies to people around her. When problems developed in the village or politicians needed a scapegoat, she would be prosecuted for Witchcraft.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Tudorbeth, author of The Hedgewitch's Little Library, including the latest release in the series, The Hedgewitch's Little Book of Crystal Spells.
When people catch the crystal bug, they think they...