Minecraft wiki entry for Witch, associated text: Witches do not use the equipment in their swamp huts, but they can be used by players.
The odds of a witch dropping the maximum amount of items possible (6 items total) without a Looting enchantment are 1 in 81 (1.2%).
Witches are extremely difficult to kill via suffocation or cacti (though not impossible), due to their frequent use of healing potions.
When drinking a potion, a witch's nose lifts and points forward.
Witches have small mouths hidden under their noses. During their potion-drinking animation, this mouth becomes visible from the side.
When the subject of witches dropping sticks was brought up, Dinnerbone jokingly replied that it's because witches are made of wood.[8] He later explained [9] that it was a reference to this scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
The witch is partly based on Baba Yaga, a witch from Slavic folklore who also lives in a swamp hut.[10]
A witch's nose slightly wiggles when idle.
Despite being physically similar and appearing to be allied with them, witches are not considered illagers.