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1. They were sick fanatics...

Sat Mar 1, 2014, 04:28 PM

Mar 2014

...but they lost. Today, most of us would fit one of the definitions of a "witch."

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17 things that would get you accused of witchcraft in 1692 [View all] The Straight Story Mar 2014 OP

They were sick fanatics... Mike Nelson Mar 2014 #1

Not to mention a good number of them Aerows Mar 2014 #8

Being homeless (Sarah Good and her 4 year old daughter, Dorothy) REP Mar 2014 #4

Midwives were the big one Aerows Mar 2014 #6

+++ Whisp Mar 2014 #11

Research I did years ago suggests that the emerging profession of Cleita Mar 2014 #12

That's not the only reason, though Aerows Mar 2014 #13

That happened to a friend of mine. Cleita Mar 2014 #16

Excellent posts, Aerows theHandpuppet Mar 2014 #22

Two of my distant great-grandfathers were jurors frogmarch Mar 2014 #9

And today some still will. hobbit709 Mar 2014 #10

OOH!! yuiyoshida Mar 2014 #14

The biggest predictor of being executed as a witch in Europe Warpy Mar 2014 #15

Which is probably the reason many widows tried to get husbands ASAP Cleita Mar 2014 #17

It only takes one to get you there now - raven mad Mar 2014 #18

Sounds like the way DHS operates ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2014 #19

I would've been doomed. laundry_queen Mar 2014 #21