LIMBO= A Latin word meaning "edge", used in Medieval times to refer to a place which was neither heaven nor hell, but "on the edge of heaven". So there, there was no joy or pain. From this meaning we still use the expression "to live in limbo" when your life fells like a blank, nothing happens, neither good or bad (and that is for most people a terrible thing, a boring life).

TIME SHOWED NO MERCY= Time was passing by and she was growing older (and still no love).
To show mercy is to feel compassion for someone and not hurt them.

TILL= Until.

HOODOOED= (from African and Caribbean traditions) A hoodoo is a spell, a charm, an enchantment. To hoodoo someone is to cure or control them using magic. If she got hoodooed then she was enchanted, she fell under the magic spell of the man, and that man in grey started to control her life.

VOODOOED= (from African and Caribbean traditions) "Voodoo" is a charm, fetish, spell, or curse holding magic power, and to voodoo someone is to hurt or control them through voodoo. Again, if she was voodooed by the man, he got to control her using magic.

FINALLY= At last.

RELEASED= Liberated.

STIRRED= To stir a liquid is to move it again and again using a stick or a pole.

HUGE= Very big.

CAULDRONS= A very big earthen pot, like the ones used by witches to make magic potions.

TOADS= An animal similar to a frog but which doesn't live in water, but just in wet places (see picture).

HENBANE= A poisonous plant with sticky leaves (see picture).

SIPERDUST= If you let a dead spider become completely dry and then you ground it, you can make powder with it, spider dust.

HOTCHPOTCH= A thick soup or stew made from meat and vegetables. A mixture of many different things.

HAUNTED= If a house or a place is haunted, ghost appear there regularly or permanently. If an idea haunts you, it comes to your head again and again until you become obsessed with it.

LUSTS= Lust is sexual desire.

THE EVIL-EYED= In ancient times people thought that wizards and witches could cast an evil spell on you just by looking at you in the eye, so those charms where called "the evil eye". If someone cast you the evil eye you could get ill, or die, or lose your job, or have any other calamity in your life. THE EVIL-EYED are the people who had been charmed like this.

SPELLBOUND= A "spell" is a magic charm, an incantation. "Bound" means "tied, chained". So if you are spellbound, you are controlled by a magic spell.

DEMONIZED= Possessed by demons (evil spirits) who come inside you and control or torment you.

SHE BRED TOADS= To raise toads, to take care of them and help them multiply. You breed sheep for the wool and cheese, etc. Witches breed toads for their magic potions.