Oh, how silly - the origin of the witches broom is the sprig of the plant broom which (witch!) is used to cleanse and sweep the sacred circle! So no need to worry about the space needed to transport a besom broom - there's loads of the plant around Miskin. And as everybody knows 'when blooms in flower - kissing is in season' a saying which originates from the fact that broom is practically always in flower. Mine is certainly blossoming abundantly in the garden - so if you want the Real Thing let me know and I'll bring a load of flowering Broom! In any case - jumping the broom is a gypsy (not pagan) custom.

Of far more importance - what is the astrology for the period of Miskin? Let's hope it's more favourable than that for a certain folk handfasting at Lechlade a couple of years ago when the moon was waning and Mars ascendant!