Scotland: A house for sale in the Borders offers an unusual facility - a ledge for the use of passing witches.
The ledge was designed to allow a stopping place and broom park for witches to help safeguard the house from evil, said James Denne, of Knights Frank, handling the sale of Whiteriggs at Melrose in Roxburghshire.
He said:The witch's ledge was something that was seen in fifteenth and sixteenth century homes.
It was very much a superstition that if you had somewhere in the house that a passing witch could stop and rest then the likelihood was that she would protect you and your house from any harm. So the witch's ledge indicates to a passing witch that she is welcome and she can rest peacefully there.
The site is just outside controlled airspace.
A house that welcomes witches - The Herald, 10th June 2005.
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