The witch’s besom is a decorative broom used for.

• Symbolic cleansing.
• Sweeping away evil, negative, influences or bad vibes.
• Expelling evil spirits.
• Aspurging and purification (with water).

A broom symbolizes the union of male and female, the joining of phallic stick to feminine brush. Because of this, brooms have long been used in fertility rites such as jumping over at handfastings.