Wednesday, June 23, 2004

I Put A Spell On You

1. "Wives claim husbands bewitched by barmaid"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_855905.html>

2. "Swiss papers offer voodoo"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_989073.html>
"Swiss newspapers are offering readers a cut-out voodoo doll of an England
 player to torture in the hope of putting a jinx on the team ahead of their
 Euro 2004 clash"

3. "The Frome witch project"
   <http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/3396457.stm>
"An amateur football team who can't score at home have called in a white
 witch to try and improve their woeful form"

4. "Romanian football chiefs may hire witch to put spell on Denmark"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_764727.html>

5. "Witch gets state grant in Norway"
   <http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200310/s972086.htm>
"A witch has won subsidies from the Norwegian state to run a business of
 potions, fortune telling and magic"

(a John West post)