A Three-Lobed Walnut

[Erinaceus]

I found this trilobate example in a bag of walnuts several years ago - the nut equivalent of a four-leaved clover.

Here's more or less everything on the internet about them.
https://www.agricorti.it/en/i-poteri-delle-noci-trilobate/

"In the countryside around Bologna ... it was said that a three-part walnut could reveal a witch, if placed under her chair." Does it shout "She's a witch"?

 

[Mythopoeika]

Keep it handy!

 

[Frideswide]

I found this trilobate example in a bag of walnuts several years ago

It's beautiful! Can you remember what the nut inside was like? how it was shaped?

 

[Erinaceus]

It's beautiful! Can you remember what the nut inside was like? how it was shaped?

I still have it, unopened.

 

[Trevp666]

a three-part walnut could reveal a witch, if placed under her chair.

Maybe a witch would jump up and exclaim "Okay, who's the wise-guy who put this witch-finder under my chair?"

I still have it, unopened.

And the obvious question is "Have you tried to locate any witches with it?"

 

[Erinaceus]

Maybe a witch would jump up and exclaim "Okay, who's the wise-guy who put this witch-finder under my chair?"

And the obvious question is "Have you tried to locate any witches with it?"

It hasn't revealed any yet but perhaps it only works with witches from Bologna.