
Ale wives and other fables for All Souls Day
Brooms and cats and cauldrons and hats. Typically, you think Halloween, but what if I told you there's more than meets this Eye of Newt. These items were the tools of the ale wives' trade. You might know an ale wife from her common misnomer—witch. What you might not know is that her original trade was as a brewster, or someone who brews beer.* Think about it: To brew beer, you need a pot. Cauldron, check. To protect your beer from rodents, you need a good hunter. Kitty cat (b