Witches

I'd have to say out of all the possible classic costumes a child could wear, witches are the best. A witch is someone who has skills in sorcery and magic, beyond what a normal human could ever think of doing. When people think of witches many think they are evil, because they are mixing with an unknown world so to speak. They could be mingling with satan and his evil spirits among other things. But many witches were not really intending to be evil, many were just mixing herbal potions and tried to heal the sick. Witches dated back to the ancient Greeks and even Egyptians.

Of course move to the late 1600s and you begin the Salem witch trials, which is probably the famous trial of witches in the world. Those were said to be witches, had convulsions (be possessed) or were seen supposedly casting some sort of evil on people in the community. Many were tried and executed.

Witches were found in plays, and stories and then movies. People have had such a fascination with witches, but many who practice today reamain 'undercover'. Witches aren't as popular today as they were hundreds of years ago, but don't go on thinking that they don't exist.

Also witches don't tend to ride around on brooms and they also don't usually wear black and have a pointy black hat. Not all witches own a black cat or a cauldron. (that would be Hollywoods version of a witch.)