Kitchen Witch
I'm in the habit of sending out messages on daily basis of an amusing nature; at least I hope they're amusing. Today's was a bit of whimsy about hanging a "kitchen witch" being an example of persecution of an alternative belief system. One recipient of the message wrote back that they weren't familiar with the term "kitchen witch."
The actual "kitchen witch" referred to in the message was a bit of folk art that used to be quite popular. It was a plaque or figurine of a witch hung on the wall of a kitchen to bring good luck. I seem to recall having seen these things made out of dried corn husks. It's a Cracker Barrel gift shop sort of item.
Strangely enough, when I attempted to search the internet for a picture of what I was talking about I was thwarted by the fact that Wiccans have in fact co-opted the term for themselves and almost all the kitchen witch links pointed to pages of Wiccan practices and recipes.
