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# European superstition about straight-trimmed bushes as a path for witches
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-evrope-sushchestvoval-takoi-predrassudok-chto-ostrizhennye-priamoi-liniei-kusty-sluzhat-dorozhkoi-dlia-vedm-poetomu-zhivaia-izgorod-dolzhna-imet-inuiu-formu/
- Published: 2017-08-13T10:40:10.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:03:47.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Observations, Nature, Ethnography

In Europe there was a superstition that shrubs clipped in a straight line serve as a pathway for witches, and so a hedge must take some other shape. But I am not afraid of witches and I enjoy the beauty of the park