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The hour when shadows freelance and reason clocks out for the night.
means The act or practice of casting spells, or the eerie late-night period when supernatural forces supposedly run loose.
from From Old English wicce, the female sorcerer, paired with the gerund -ing; the dread-soaked phrase witching hour stalked into English by the 1700s, meaning midnight.
Water findingDowsing for water is literally called water witching.
True midnightWitching hour traditionally spans midnight to three a.m.
Stock slangTraders dread quadruple witching expiration days.