In Competition No. 2771 you were invited to provide a rhymed witch’s spell to bring someone or something either good or ill.
Most of you were in cursing mood (though Katie Mallett provided a welcome ray of sunshine: ‘I would cast a spell for happiness…’). Targets included nuisance callers, Bill Gates, leylandii, Downton Abbey and Alex Salmond.
I was tickled by G.
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