Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our Vulgar and Provincial Customs, Ceremonies, and Superstitions, Volume 3G. Bell, 1901 |
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... parish , every old woman with a wrinkled face , a furred brow , a hairy lip , a gobber tooth , a squint eye , a squeaking voice , a scolding tongue , having a rugged coate on her back , a skull- cap on her head , a spindle in her hand ...
... parish , every old woman with a wrinkled face , a furred brow , a hairy lip , a gobber tooth , a squint eye , a squeaking voice , a scolding tongue , having a rugged coate on her back , a skull- cap on her head , a spindle in her hand ...
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... parish church , where she was stripped of all her clothes , to her shift and under - coat , and weighed against the Bible ; when , to the no small mortification of the accuser , she outweighed it , and was honorably acquitted of the ...
... parish church , where she was stripped of all her clothes , to her shift and under - coat , and weighed against the Bible ; when , to the no small mortification of the accuser , she outweighed it , and was honorably acquitted of the ...
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... parish that useth witchcraft , sorcery , charmes , or unlawfull prayer , or invocations in Latine or English , or otherwise , upon any Christian body or beast , or any that resorteth to the same for counsell or helpe ? " Some persons ...
... parish that useth witchcraft , sorcery , charmes , or unlawfull prayer , or invocations in Latine or English , or otherwise , upon any Christian body or beast , or any that resorteth to the same for counsell or helpe ? " Some persons ...
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... parish register of St. Andrew's . See Brand's History of Newcastle - upon - Tyne . Nash , in his History of Worcestershire , ii . 38 , tells us that , " 14th May , 1660 , four persons accused of witchcraft were brought from ...
... parish register of St. Andrew's . See Brand's History of Newcastle - upon - Tyne . Nash , in his History of Worcestershire , ii . 38 , tells us that , " 14th May , 1660 , four persons accused of witchcraft were brought from ...
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... parish of Erskine , is well known to the curious . That this parish in the dark ages partook of the same frenzy , and that innocent persons were sacrificed at the shrine of cruelty , bigotry , and superstition , cannot be concealed . As ...
... parish of Erskine , is well known to the curious . That this parish in the dark ages partook of the same frenzy , and that innocent persons were sacrificed at the shrine of cruelty , bigotry , and superstition , cannot be concealed . As ...
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