 In contrast with this plural use of the word , in a 1954 article written by Arnold Field , a reporter for the Daily Dispatch , Gardner had apparently explained to him that " there are man and woman witches . Each is called a wica . " This quote offers the only piece of evidence that Gardner also referred to Pagan Witches individually as a wica . It is possible that Field misunderstood what Gardner was saying by not capitalising Wica , and that therefore Gardner might have never used Wica in a singular sense . 
 In contrast with this plural use of the word , in a 1954 article written by Arnold Field , a reporter for the Daily Dispatch , Gardner <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> apparently explained to him that " <a href='dey_it' title='2'><mark>there</mark></a> are man and woman witches . Each is called a wica . " This quote <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>offers</mark></a> the only piece of evidence that Gardner also referred to Pagan Witches individually as a wica . It is possible that Field misunderstood what Gardner was saying by not capitalising Wica , and that therefore Gardner might <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>have</mark></a> never used Wica in a singular sense . 
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