Man Calls 30 Witches Phonies
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LONDON (UPI) - The bravest man in England -- an American professor named
Roseel Robbins -- told 30 witches Wednesday night they are all phonies.
And nothing happened. Robbins did not turn into a toad, or disappear in a puff of
white smoke.
"I am a white witch," said Mrs. Sybil Leek, 41, the best known witch present. "I exist
only to do good.:
The witches had com to the London University College Folklore Society to meet
Robbins, a Columbia University professor who set their cauldrons bubbling last year
by proclaiming their nonexistence.
"Witches do not exist," Robbins repeated Wednesday night.
The witches said nothing. But Hotfoot Jackson, a jackdaw perched on Mrs. Lee's
shoulder, took a pinch of snuff and squawked angrily at the professor.
"Ours is the only true religion." Mrs. Leek, who calls herself the "high priestess of the
New forest coven," said later. "There were 30 of us hearing him say we didn't exist."
Mrs. Leek. said that Wednesday night wasn't the time for witchcraft.
"We meet only four times a year at full moon," she said. "Travel is easier then."
Then she left, ignoring two broomsticks placed outside the meeting room, and went
home to the New Forest -- by car.
Roseel Robbins -- told 30 witches Wednesday night they are all phonies.
And nothing happened. Robbins did not turn into a toad, or disappear in a puff of
white smoke.
"I am a white witch," said Mrs. Sybil Leek, 41, the best known witch present. "I exist
only to do good.:
The witches had com to the London University College Folklore Society to meet
Robbins, a Columbia University professor who set their cauldrons bubbling last year
by proclaiming their nonexistence.
"Witches do not exist," Robbins repeated Wednesday night.
The witches said nothing. But Hotfoot Jackson, a jackdaw perched on Mrs. Lee's
shoulder, took a pinch of snuff and squawked angrily at the professor.
"Ours is the only true religion." Mrs. Leek, who calls herself the "high priestess of the
New forest coven," said later. "There were 30 of us hearing him say we didn't exist."
Mrs. Leek. said that Wednesday night wasn't the time for witchcraft.
"We meet only four times a year at full moon," she said. "Travel is easier then."
Then she left, ignoring two broomsticks placed outside the meeting room, and went
home to the New Forest -- by car.
New Castle News - New Castle, PA
February 20, 1964
February 20, 1964
