A beautiful sight today..

The name “witch hazel” originates from folk history. Natives and early settlers in North America used the witch hazel to find sources of water underground. As they walked over the ground that they were surveying, they would carry a forked or bent witch hazel branch, which was used as a divining rod. They would observe if the branch twisted or dipped, which they believed signaled that they had found water. This practice was called “water-witching” and led to the plant’s common name, witch hazel.
So nothing to do with magic! Or is it?