#wisht

"This is a word to be encountered in the dialect of Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, describing the presence of supernatural influences, or all that is 'weird' or 'uncanny'. Here, pale, weak or sickly people might be described as looking 'wisht'; as though they had been ill-wished. Times that are seen to be 'wisht', including dusk, dawn, midnight, May's Eve and Midsummer's Eve, for they are 'uncanny' times during which all acts of magic, divination or charming might be undertaken with greater potency or success."

Wistman’s Wood is a remote high-altitude oakwoods on Dartmoor, England. While obviously not a rock, the forest is actually situated on top of a large bank of exposed granite boulders where pockets of acid have formed, and loamy brown earth soils have accumulated. It is home to a surprising amount of poisonous adders as well. (Maybe this is where all our hag stones come from?)

The Wood has been mentioned in writing for hundreds of years, but has existed since 7000 BC and was partially cleared in 5000 BC by Mesolithic hunter/gatherers. It’s thought the name derives from the dialect word “wisht” meaning eerie, uncanny, or “pixie-haunted,” and some legends tell that the Heath Hounds (aka – hellhounds) originate from these woods, and are set loose to chase the region’s sinners or the unbaptized into hell.

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