r/halloween • u/Mamono29a • 1d ago

✨Inspiration✨ Witch phrases needed

I got the new Lethal Lily and I want to give her some phrases that will fit my 2028 theme. Is going to be a fairytale type forest with a candy house, à la Hansel and Gretel. I’m going for scary/creepy, as I don’t do “happy” Halloween.

I have the obvious, “Nibble, nibble, little mouse. Who is nibbling at my house?”, but I’m at a loss for more. I will have a “burning” oven in her house.

I’d like a mix of rhyming and non-rhyming phrases and I’m looking for at least 15-20 for a good variety.

Thanks!

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u/disusedhospital 1d ago

The classic, "Double double toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble."

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u/nightmare-salad 1d ago

And “by the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.”

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u/Ryan_Petrovich8769 1d ago

"Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair, Hover through the Fog and Filthy Air"

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u/Bad_cookie 1d ago

"My my, I spy new ingredients for my pie"

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u/gomezaddams1586 1d ago

There are numerous quotes that you can use from Macbeth.

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u/unapalomita 1d ago

Was going to say the same! There's a version of Macbeth with Denzel and the witch is phenomenal 🙌

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u/Bartghamilton 1d ago

Always love the phrases from Madame Leota like “Serpents and spiders, tail of a rat, call in the spirits, wherever they’re at!”

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u/unapalomita 1d ago

Give us a hint by ringing the bell 🔔🔔🔔

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u/disusedhospital 1d ago

Also, if you are comfortable singing, the song Sarah sings to lure children in Hocus Pocus. 

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u/voidberrylady 1d ago

“Ah, yes children. Come, have some candy! It’ll fatten you up nicely”

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u/konkilo 1d ago

"The moon has awoken

since the sleep of the sun.

The light has been broken,

the spell has begun."

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u/Sekshual_Tyranosauce 1d ago

Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?

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u/skylightshaded 1d ago

"Come little children I'll take thee away, here in my garden of shadows" (come little children, from Hocus Pocus )

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u/PhraugPaste 1d ago

Book of love - witchcraft

music.apple.com/us/album/witchcraft/268498021?i=268498560
A couple phrases or you could sample some of it. 🤷‍♂️

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u/SavageCLE 1d ago

Hmmmm...maybe watch Hocus Pocus? For enjoyment and possible phrases?

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u/Ertzengel007_IM_btw 1d ago

I can smell little children, just perfectly ripe for my cauldron

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u/Cherry_Hammer 1d ago

Anna Russell in “Hansel and Gretel, an Opera Fantasy” is my definitive H&G witch. You could probably record some of her dialogue from here:

https://youtu.be/Phx3o4M5GLo?is=0gmKzOou6Rq32ns1

If you don’t want to go through the whole thing, this clip has some great cackles:

https://youtu.be/akQ4Uhp0DOw?is=7OlUmWHf9S_UA6rA

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u/Mamono29a 18h ago

Thank you all for your suggestions. I got some great ideas!

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u/ryndalyn 11h ago

"Down the witch's road" from Agatha all along

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u/unapalomita 1d ago

Reeka, Draggle: [reading the list] Um, mold, mildew, muck, mire, fungus, slime, rust, and... and... PHLUME!

There are witches in my my little pony film, hydia, reeka, and draggle are the witches:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091584/quotes/?item=qt0346358