Broom

A broom is yet another symbol associated with witches. It was the preferred means of transport for them, because it enabled them “to travel at tremendous speed,” and even travel invisibly, if they wished. In addition to speed, the reason for using brooms might be because witches were afraid of horses. Interestingly, any broom, pitchfork or pole could be used for flying, because witches used a magical ointment; when they needed to fly, they applied the ointment on the stick or on themselves (Guiley

because they hold special meanings within a culture and allows one to honor their family and the actions of their ancestors through the specific tradition. In the African culture, the wedding tradition that is most popular is the act of “jumping the broom.” It is a tradition that dates back to the days of slavery when the slaves were not allowed to get married. This ritual was created to

Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule in India Mahatma Gandhi once declared, “A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people.” Culture refers to the characteristics of a group of people, including their cuisine, social habits, religion, music, and art. It seems as if culture influences the way humans learn and live. These practices are important to people because it shapes your own

image, ubiquitous during the Halloween season.” states Dylan Thuras, writer for the Atlas Obscura article “The Origins of the Iconic Witch.” Like most, you have probably gone throughout your daily life unaware of the reasoning behind witches flying on brooms, and, you probably just accepted it as a weird ideology created in the past. The truth of the story, however, is due to “witch’s brew,” the sexual oppression of puritans, and the convenience of a common household item. We don’t exactly know when the

certain rituals such as, “The couple would often but not always jump over the broom at the end of the ceremony. Jumping over the broom symbolized the wife's commitment or willingness to clean the courtyard of the new home she had joined” (“‘Jumping the Broom,’ A Short Story”). Jumping over the broom would show her commitment to the household. If one jumped higher than the other, they would make the decisions (“‘Jumping the Broom,’ A Short Story). When a slave couple had the desire to marry, “...a party

Sunsets add alluring and vibrant colors to the world. Ornamental Sketch With Verbs and She Sweeps With Many Colored Brooms achieve the same goal of expressing the beauty of the sunset. In Ornamental Sketch With Verbs, the author describes how the sunset changes the mood of the streets and makes ordinary items beautiful. In She Sweeps With Many Colored Brooms, the author talks about the sun as if it were a housewife sweeping, leaving behind shreds of color that form the sunset. Although, these poems

Qualitative research plays an important role in evidenced base practice. Qualitative research often lay down the platform for added official quantitative studies or a follow up to a broad quantitative study. Qualitative research is a subjective design that investigate exceptional life concepts in a naturalistic setting using narrative descriptions as the findings (Polit & Beck, 2017). There are six general types of qualitative research designs namely phenomenological, ethnographic, historical, grounded

Introduction Qualitative research plays an important role in evidenced-based practice. Qualitative research often lay down the platform for added official quantitative studies or a follow up to a broad quantitative study. Qualitative research is a subjective design that investigates exceptional life concepts in a naturalistic setting using narrative descriptions as the findings (Polit & Beck, 2017). There are six general types of qualitative research designs, namely phenomenological, ethnographic

educated as males were given. Dickinson wrote a total of one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five poems including “She Sweeps with many-colored Brooms”, which was written between 1858 and 1861. Dickinson is well known for the themes of her literary works to involve death, love, religion, nature, or eternity. The poem “She Sweeps with many-colored Brooms” incorporates the use of a theme involving nature since in her poem a common housewife is being compared to a parting sunset. Through the use of

always gets into tight situations. This boy ends up falling off his broom during flying lessons and grievously injuring his arm. While the teacher takes him to the nurse, Malfoy finds a ball that the boy dropped and teases Harry with it. He goes up on his broom and tells Harry to come and get him. Harry, mounting his broom, realizes that he is a superb flyer and impresses all of the first years, even though he’s never seen a broom before this. Harry ends up meeting Malfoy in the sky, so Malfoy throws