BIGOTRY: willful ignorance.

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BIND: To cast a spell upon, also to practice ligature.

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BLESSED BE: a traditional greeting among Witches. Pronounced as three syllables.

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BODHRAN: The traditional goat skin drum used in Celtic music and ritual.

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BOGGART: Another Brownie type Faerie quite akin to a poltergeist. A Yorshire family had a Boggart that lived in their cupboard & caused so much mischief that they felt they were forced to move to get away from it. That is until everything was packed up & ready to go & the boggart popped out of the butterchurn & revealed that he was coming with them.

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BOLLINE: a white handled knife, single edged to reflect it's working nature, and used in ritual purposes of cutting herbs, or engraving candles, etc. It is a working tool as opposed the magickal Athame. The white is to tell it apart from the black handle.   Sometimes pictured as a miniature scythe, a curved bladed tool; a magickal sickle, used to cut herbs and mistletoe.

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BROWNIE: The most famous of the house sprites. A Brownie will stick around & finish extra cleaning as long as he gets food for his labor. The food must never be directly offered to the Brownie & one must never try to see him. The breaking of either of these taboos will cause the Brownie to become angry & leave. A well treated Brownie can be incredibly helpful, & faithful to no end. He will often punish the servants, call for a midwife or doctor when one is needed, & some have loved their human companion so much that they are said to have immigrated to America with them. The best place to leave food for a Brownie is on a warm hearth.

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BURGH- The grassy hillocks of Ireland, Scotland, and Man under which the faeries live.

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BURIN: an engraving tool, often made with wooden handle carved by user and a sharpened nail.

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CABALA (ALSO SPELLED KABBALAH or QABBALAH): collection of Jewish theological and philosophical learning commonly used as the basis for the Western Ceremonial Magickal Tradition.

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CABOCHON: a cut and polished stone, with one rough face.

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CAIlEACH: In Scots and Irish Gaelic tis literally means Old Woman. At one time it was a term used reverently to refer to the Crone Goddess.

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CAIRN: The stone burial mounds used by the Celts. They were honored at Mabon. So sacred were these mounds that a breed of dog, the Cairn Terrier was developed to protect them.

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CALEDONIA: The old Roman name for Scotland, still used poetically today.

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ZYZYGY: an astrology term...event when 3 or more heavenly bodies (that is, planets, etc.), line up.

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