

Prospective witches and warlocks should also try not to land wrong while sitting on their brooms either or you'll end up " Riding the Rail" if you know what I mean.

Today's depictions most often put the head in the back, for sake of an aerodynamic appearance (and for similarity with an exhaust pipe or jet engine).Īs brooms aren't exactly designed to be ridden upon, riding one would require really good balance so as not to fall off, especially when really high up. In the original woodcuts, they've got the head or brush part in front, logical enough since the original witch's broom was a staff with a carved phallic end and the brush was tied on as a disguise. According to The Other Wiki the idea of witches riding on brooms goes back to at least 1453. We had to go test it… are the traditional flying mount of the Witch Classic (and many a contemporary).

The challenge sees social media users post videos and pictures of their regular household broom standing seemingly without anything holding it up. The #broomchallenge is one of the top trends worldwide on Twitter on February 11, and social media users are going crazy over this phenomenon. And they argue that it’s a claim made by NASA! But is the earth’s gravity really holding our brooms up on Monday? Let’s just say you need to give your broom more credit. Now, the real miracle would be if that broom sweeps the room on its own, but Internet users allege that the earth’s gravity really makes it happen. And like with any viral challenge, everyday social media users and celebrities alike are posting their own clips and snaps of the #broomchallenge.

As per this challenge, Monday (February 10) was a special day where the earth’s gravitational pull could make a broom stand upright without anything holding it up. If you haven’t checked your social media feeds yet, we’re talking about the #broomchallenge. Is the #broomchallenge where the broom stands because of the earth’s gravitational pull real? RatingĢ020 has its first big viral craze that’s giving way to a lot of “sweeping” puns.
