http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/witches tag posts with witches Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:55:27 -0800 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:55:27 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/86567/Disney-channel-movie Movie on Disney channel in late 80s early 90s. Involves boy with crush on girl who turns out to have magical skills, she lives by a lake in cottage with her ?grandmother? who is a witch. Perhaps in England? Anyone? I picture the girl as having long dark, slightly wild hair. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.86567 Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:55:27 -0800 disney movie witches nostalgia leotrotsky http://ask.metafilter.com/27980/Desperately-trying-to-find-a-forgotten-book I'm trying to find a book that I read when I was in grade school, sometime during the mid to late 80's. The basic plot involved a girl scaring her impressionable young step(?) brother by pretending to go into trances and make predictions. IIRC, she was somewhat of an outcast at school, but had recently been cast in the school play as a colonial witch (Tituba perhaps?). I think there may have also been some references in the book to the Sybills of ancient Greece (hence the trances). Is this ringing any bells? I've tried Googling every combination of words that I can think of without success. I also tried calling ready reference in Milwaukee, as that was the library system from which I had gotten the book. I know it was a book aimed at maybe 3rd through 6th graders. It's kind of frustrating to me that the details that I can remember are so sketchy and vague. For example, I remember her step-mother lending her a shawl to wear in the play. I remember that when she first pretended to be in a trance, she was doing it as a joke on her step-brother who was bothering her, but that he took it very seriously and believed it. I remember that he was sort of delicate. However, things like the title and author or even what the cover looked like have escaped me. I'd really love to find it again if anyone else recognizes this. tag:ask.metafilter.com,2008:site.27980 Sun, 27 Nov 2005 21:25:02 -0800 childrens books memory witches siblings kayjay