MAGIC WORDS Turius Und Shurius Inturius Origins: This phrase originated in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in the late sixteenth century. Facts: This magic phrase figured into the witchcraft trials of the 1700s. In Amsterdam "a crazy girl confessed that she could cause sterility in cattle, and bewitch pigs and poultry by merely repeating the magic words Turius und Shurius Inturius! She was hanged and burned." 0 Common Magician's Applications: Enchanting animals. In Literature: • Andrew Tobias, Extraordinary Popular Delusions & the Madness of Crowds (1995) Twinkle Twankle Twinkle Facts: This is a magic phrase used in conjunction with clapping three times for materializing a halo of stars, allowing one to see in the dark in Oral Storytelling and Teaching Mathematics by Michael Schiro (2004). 0 Charles Mackay, Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)