Old European culture

The other day I came across this illustration from the 1489 book " De Lamiis et Pythonicis Mulieribus " by Ulrich Molitor...It dep...

"Everyone knows that an ordinary bullet can't kill a witch. If you want to kill a witch, load the rifle with 3 grains of wheat and ...

In Cornish and Welsh the word "wrach" means old woman, hag, witch. Fraic as in the placename Leitir Fraic is said to be an old ob...