I'm new and have questions...

[Nightengail]

Hello everyone.
I actually joined this forum for a specific purpose. I'm hoping that someone can help me. You see I'm playing a witch in MacBeth, and out of respect I'm trying to stay away from the magic cliches. More specifically I'm trying to figure what exactly the witches are brewing in their caldron. I've figured out about half of the ingredients, but something are still a mystery.

Does anyone know what the following are?
Poisoned frog entrails
Fillet of a fenny snake
Blind worms sting
Witches' mummy, maw and gulf of ravined salt sea shark
Liver of Blasfeming jew
nose of turk
tartar's lips
finger of birth strangled babe ditch delivered by a drab
Baboon's blood

Don't worry I'm not really performing the curse, I plan on using fake flowers for the items I know. I just don't want to be stupid and through in newt's eyes and parts of frogs and crap.

Thanks for any and all help.

[erishiumu]

I'm quite sure that the "birth strangled babe ditch delivered by a drab" is an unblessed, stillborn child. the word drab has something to do with the mother... and i think she gave birth in a ditch or they buried the baby in a ditch... hope that one helps you out a little. But if I were you I'd probably ask an english teacher if you have access to one, or look up the macbeth play on the internet and search for meanings. I know there are some as I did Macbeth on an exam a few years back.

[Amethyst Rose]

Poisoned frog entrails: black cherries of deadly nightshade
Fillet of a fenny snake: marshmallow
Blind worms sting: nettles
Witches' mummy: mandrake root
maw and gulf of ravined salt sea shark: sea holly or saltwort
Liver of Blasfeming jew: angelica
nose of turk: black mullein flower
tartar's lips: winter cherries
finger of birth strangled babe: alkanet aka orchanet aka spanish bugloss aka enchusa
ditch delivered by a drab: cuckoo pint aka lords and ladies or meadow saffron aka naked ladies
Baboon's blood: red sap that bleeds from the yew tree

I got these all from here: http://members.tripod.com/moggypan/htmlfiles/herbs.html under the heading "Spell from 'the Scottish play' with herbal translations".

Hope that helps. :D

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[RubyRose]

Poisoned frog entrails: black cherries of deadly nightshade
Fillet of a fenny snake: marshmallow
Blind worms sting: nettles
Witches' mummy: mandrake root
maw and gulf of ravined salt sea shark: sea holly or saltwort
Liver of Blasfeming jew: angelica
nose of turk: black mullein flower
tartar's lips: winter cherries
finger of birth strangled babe: alkanet aka orchanet aka spanish bugloss aka enchusa
ditch delivered by a drab: cuckoo pint aka lords and ladies or meadow saffron aka naked ladies
Baboon's blood: red sap that bleeds from the yew tree

I got these all from here: http://members.tripod.com/moggypan/htmlfiles/herbs.html under the heading "Spell from 'the Scottish play' with herbal translations".

Hope that helps. :D

Wow! I never would have thought it had anything to do with real items or that all were flowers

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Yes, the majority of the ingredients are herbs.

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I had never heard of the items you listed but hey now I have learned something new today! That's an accomplishment.

Let us know how it went!

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