One of my idols or should I say aspirations when I was a child was to be a witch, mostly in part due to Mildred Hubble. Mildred was a young witch from the Jill Murphy books 'The Worst Witch', which was first published in 1974. The books centred on Mildred who is a young witch at Cackle's Witch Academy, far from being a perfect student she often gets into trouble for using the wrong spells. Murphy wrote the books based on her own experiences at a Convent in England.
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Oh how I wanted long plaits like hers!
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| Mildred in her dorm room sans windows with tabby her cat. |
Mildred is terrible at maths and science (as am I), but tries her hardest to make her spells work. I have still not shook my witchy inclinations, and love wearing pointy boots with capes and messy hair! Here are some Mildred Hubble style items:
If any of you have children or a child-like view on life I urge you to read the books. All above Mildred Hubble items can be found on etsy!
Lol...so there was a wizard academy way before
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter weaved his spells in Hogswart.
Hee hee
Always thought witches were wicked ol women
with green faces who did nothing all day but
"sweep" the skies in their brooms, boil the
most horrid concoctions/spells imaginable and
eat up young children.
Nice to know that there are young, aspiring
witches out there who fumble through life
just like you and me.
Yeah, give me Worst Witch over Harry Potter any day! I have always found witches chic hah x
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