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Cystotheca lanestris, the live oak witch's broom fungus, is a species of mildew that infects buds and induces stem galls called witch's brooms on oak trees in California, Arizona, and Mexico in North America. [2] [3] Witch's brooms are "abnormal clusters of shoots that are thickened, elongated, and highly branched."
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The home improvement corporation Home Depot created a 12-foot-tall skeleton lawn decoration made with metal pipe and LCD eyes. [1] Listed as "12-Foot Giant-Sized Skeleton" on its website, the skeleton became colloquially known as "Skelly".
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1900s illustration of Saint Nicholas and Krampus visiting a child. The Krampus (German: [ˈkʁampʊs]) is a horned anthropomorphic figure who, in the Central and Eastern Alpine folkloric tradition, is said to accompany Saint Nicholas on visits to children during the night of 5 December (Krampusnacht; "Krampus Night"), immediately before the Feast of St. Nicholas on 6 December.
The besom or broom, is often associated with witches and witchcraft. The stories of witches flying on brooms originated from the besom. [citation needed] In Wicca, it is used in handfasting ceremonies wherein a couple jumps over it. The besom is also used in seasonal fertility dances as a representation of a phallus.