Talk:witching hour
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"(less common) The hour between 3:00 a.m. and 3:59 a.m., associated with demons." — Sgconlaw (talk) 18:44, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
- I've added 3 durable cites, though they may seem a bit mention-y. Nub098765 (talk) 00:55, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
- @Nub098765: thanks. I don't think the 2017 one qualifies, though. It reads: "Reaching over, I picked up my pocket watch from the coffee table-12:45 a.m., three-quarters of the way through what most people believe is the witching hour." Thus, this seems to be a sense 1 use ("midnight"), even though the author then goes on to say that actually the correct meaning is the hour after 3:00 a.m. — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:34, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
- That's fair. I've replaced it with a quote that definitively fits this sense. Nub098765 (talk) 01:40, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
- @Nub098765: thanks. I don't think the 2017 one qualifies, though. It reads: "Reaching over, I picked up my pocket watch from the coffee table-12:45 a.m., three-quarters of the way through what most people believe is the witching hour." Thus, this seems to be a sense 1 use ("midnight"), even though the author then goes on to say that actually the correct meaning is the hour after 3:00 a.m. — Sgconlaw (talk) 21:34, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
RFV-passed. I added an (occult) label as that seemed to be implied by the cites provided. This, that and the other (talk) 11:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)