Historically, women would gather at 4 a.m. for the witching hour. It was common before alarm clocks.
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I was up from 3 - 6 am last night. Also, we always called 3 am the witching hour. There's some superstition surrounding waking up at exactly 3? Someone close to you is going to pass or someone who passed is visiting you? Something along those lines.
Cc: @DaleJarvis Re: folklore?
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Those who take a pejorative view towards witches often place it at 3-4 a.m. Some sources have placed it at midnight. In A Woman's Worth @marwilliamson places it at 4:15 a.m. "in days of old". It was considered a time when women would join in together in circles of support.
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Isn’t that why it was called “the witching hour?”And the 13th day of the month was when they would gather. That’s why early Christians came up with the idea that 13 was an evil number; all those powerful women getting together like that! It would be funny if it weren’t so tragic.
Mar 27, 2020 · 4:27 AM UTC
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