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Why do we think of witches as women? | October 28, 2009
Molly
And send us your email about Halloween, witches, Wicca.
Cristen
Tell us what you’re being for Halloween or were for Halloween.
Molly
And pictures if you want.
Cristen
Yeah, Molly and I love Halloween costumes.
Molly
We do. We’ve had long, long talks about it.
Cristen
Yeah.
Molly
Which is how we started talking about witches in the first place.
Cristen
Yes, and if you want to know what I’m going to be for Halloween, you should head over to our blog Molly mentioned earlier. It’s called How To Stuff, and if you want to read how Halloween works and learn more about Halloween traditions and also learn about how witches work and witchcraft, go to howstuffworks.com.
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Molly
So we’ve got the long hair and the short hair perspective.
Cristen
Yes. And then one correction, Molly, about our long-hair podcast comes from Atalia. She wanted to point out that our discussion on Orthodox Jewish women covering their hair was not entirely correct. She said, “Of course every person has their own variations and some families may decide to change or alter this particular custom, but in general, Orthodox Jewish women don’t have to wear a head covering unless they are married, and this head covering doesn’t usually cover the entire head like the Islamic hijabs do.” So -
Molly
There we are.
Cristen
- correction there.
Molly
Okay.