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Of course, nowadays you just have to log on to www.magicalcauldron.com and you can get one delivered to your door the next day (if you order by 10pm).
The fancy cauldron was said to have been made of shimmering bronZe surrounded by shining gems. If you have a saucepan in your kitchen cupboard that looks like this, check to see if it’s magic – you could be in for a surprise.
The thing about this cauldron is that it was pretty strong minded – it would NeVeR provide food for a coward. Oh, and its broth was heated by the breath of nInE MaIdEnS, something which has mainly been replaced
by cookers in modern times.
Guys, can we PLEASE just pop this in the microwave?
It wasn’t just odd, magical and mythical people that the Celts were concerned with – they were into enchanted objects as well.
For example, there’s a Welsh mythical story called The Spoils Of Annwn, about a chappy called Arthur, who really wanted a magical cauldron. But then who hAsN’T really wanted a magical cauldron at some point?
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Myths and legends