Never talk of witches on a Friday.
Ye’re ower aude ffarand to be fraid o’ witches.
Witches are most apt to confess on a Friday.
Friday is the witches’ Sabbath.
To hug one as the devil hugs a witch.
| As black |  | as a witch. |
| As cross | ||
| As ugly | ||
| As sinful |
Four fingers and a thumb—witch, I defy thee.
In Italy the signs are made differently. In Naples the gettatura consists of throwing out the fore and middle fingers, so as to imitate horns, with the thumb and fingers closed. Some say the thumb should be within the middle and third fingers. In Florence the anti-witch gesture is to fare la fica, or stick the thumb out between the fore and middle fingers.
You’re like a witch, you say your prayers backward.
Witch-wood (i.e., the mountain ash).