There are several variations relating to the purpose of witch balls.

It's a crystal ball you look in to see things, not a witch ball.

Glass studios traditionally make a witch ball as the first object to be created in a new studio.

Early witch balls often had a short neck sealed by a stopper.

Bought that witch ball at a jumble sale somewhere.

Witch balls sometimes measure as large as seven inches (18cm) in diameter.

Can you look in your witch ball, look in there, see who killed that little girl, Joyce?

A witch ball is a hollow sphere of colored glass traditionally used as a fishing float.

The witch ball originated among cultures where harmful magic and those who practiced it were feared.

I lent Mrs. Drake my witch ball for the party.

The months stretched on into years, and the dust lay thick upon the witch ball and the Buddha.

In the 17th century, witch balls and witch bottles were filled with holy water or salt.

The term witch ball is probably a corruption of watch ball because it was used as a guard against evil spirits.

We began with carpet balls and witches balls and it went from there.

He steadied, and the witch ball vanished.

The witch ball keeps showing up when Sabine tries to avoid it, and it has caused strange things to happen.

"Witch balls" are shiny blown glass ornaments, like Christmas baubles, that were hung in windows.

But inside was a crystal ball, a witch ball, old goldy glass with a fountain of trapped bubbles.

It is sometimes claimed that the modern Christmas ornament ball is descended from the witch ball.

Modern witches balls are decorative replicas.

Witch balls appeared in America in the 19th century and larger, more opaque variations are often found in gardens under the name gazing ball.

Another witch ball hurtled at him, and he leaped to the terrace, landing with a force which sent a lance of pain up his healing leg.

She brings back a witch ball that was given to her from the relative in Pine Peaks, but her grandmother believes it to be cursed.

After a mishap in getting the wrong ball for a psychic booth at a carnival, the witch ball predicts Sabine's death.

In the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky, tradition holds that witch balls were made by rolling cow or horse hair into a small ball.