The witch in the brewery


The witch in the brewery is a fairytale from the Dutch province of North Brabant. The story Reading Warning: The following text contains details about the content and / or the end of the story.

Today, there are no witches, so people say that there is no Our Lord. In the catechism there is talk about witches and also the story of the narrator's story. There was a witch in Bladel and she could change herself in a cat. She is not handsome and she is in love with a brewer. He smiles out his strange neighbor girl and she asks the devil for help and sells her soul. At night she goes to the brewery and as a cat she walks in.

The cat looks at the beer for five minutes and the next morning the brewer finds out that his beer is spoiled. The next night, the cat returns inside and the customers sit without beer. The brewer releases his servants and takes on new ones. A servant knows about witches, and when the cat returns to the brewery, the servant hands her boil with a broom. She escapes and the servant tells the brewer about witchcraft. The next morning, the brewer's girl sees the neighbor's girlfriend and hears her booze burnt. The customers come back, the beer is good and the neighbor's girl changes, she goes to church and gives money to the poor. Backgrounds

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