![]() ![]() The strict puritanical lifestyle is one reason for the initial claims, with the original girls who started the rumours suffering from a kind of mass hysteria which resulted in shaking, fits and violent outbursts. ![]() It’s not hard to understand why a disgruntled servant might accuse their mistress of being a witch out of anger and jealousy, but Schiff recounts stories of children as young as six implicating themselves as witches, or worse, accusing their own mothers and then having to watch them put to death.Īs with all types of witch-hunts, Schiff is careful to explain where motivations may have come from that led to a town turning on itself. ![]() Some of these accusations make for difficult reading. ![]()
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