Do witches really fly on brooms?
A. Of course not. A better question might be, Where did the idea of witches flying on brooms come from? One possibility is that it comes from ancient fertility rites being observed where farmers would straddle a pole or broom handle and jump around in their fields after planting. The idea was the higher you jumped the higher the plants would grow. Another possibility is that it is pure fantasy. It is known that in the middle ages people were taught all sorts of nonsense regarding what witches could do and they actually came to believe these things to be true.
