Salem Village Witchcraft Tercentennial Committee

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Check out this article -

7 'facts' you learned in school that are no longer true

 - and scroll down to the "Witches in Salem were burned at the stake" section to check out the name of the man who chaired the Salem Village Witchcraft Tercentennial Committee from 1990 to 1992. How wild, no?! 
 

[dom]

How devilishly entertaining, MB!

[Patti Feinberg]

About 20 years ago, I picked up a book at the library, about this witchcraft mania.

This book was small, but heavy on 2-3 judges from both sides of the Atlantic.

Both Colonial & British agreed that it was way out of control. (Meaning that the 2-3 judges knew that alot of people being accused of witchcraft was not true.)

But, they did also throw (IIRC, only women), into water, "If you float, you're a witch. If you don't float, you're not a witch" (but, dead).).

I believe there was 1 case of stoning a man, guilty of witchcraft.

PLUTO WAS, IS & ALWAYS WILL BE A PLANET!

Patti