Miko: annotations

Hecate, goddess of (among other things) crossroads and the night, is often portrayed as having three forms.

public access roads leading to churches

The graves open up and the souls of the dead come out.

thinking about

The owl was thought to be a sign of bad omens.

logs burned down to embers

tired or sleepy

exhausted or destroyed

The original texts have this word as “beholds”. However, in a 1733 edition of Shakespeare's works, Lewis Theobald and William Warburton changed the word to “behowls”, believing it was more likely what Shakespeare actually wrote. Virtually all modern editions keep that change.

They're going to continue the festivities for another two weeks.