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# Toads in British folk belief as companions of witches and the custom of seeing them out of the house
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/khoziaike-na-zametku/
- Published: 2019-07-19T13:03:03.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:00:48.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Mores, Nature, Ethnography

A Note for the Lady of the House:.

in some parts of Britain toads were long held to be the familiars of witches, so if a toad happened to find its way into the house, it was swiftly but tenderly shown the door