Before the Langebrug was covered or - maybe more accurately - bridged over, this street was known as the Vollersgracht (Fullers' Canal). And, despite what its name suggests, hardly any fullers lived there in the late 15th and 16th centuries.

The main attraction of magic was its perceived power to influence things that made people anxious, because they were beyond their control. Judging by medieval literature, to a medieval husband, one of the biggest causes for anxiety was his wife’s fidelity.