Witch StoriesChapman and Hall, 1861 - 428 pages Enter the magical world of witches with the book Witch Stories. The book is divided into sections which detail the witch legends from all over the world. |
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accused Agnes Ales Hunt Ales Newman Alice Ann Bishop Anne asked Bessie bewitched blood body brought burnt called cast Chambers charm child Christian confessed cried crying cured cursed Darrel daughter dead death denied devil died door Elizabeth evil eyes father fell fire fits gave girl Goodwife Grace hand hanged head horse husband imps Isobel Jane Jane Brooks Jane Wenham Jennet Joan John Katherine killed knew Lady lived Lord maid Manningtree Margaret Mary Master Matthew Hopkins minister mother mouth neighbours never night old woman pains pins poor old pray prayer pricked prison Reginald Scot Rutterkin Satan saying sent servant shee sick sorcery soul spirit strange sucked taken thee thing Thomas Thomas Pannel thou toad told took tormented trial Ursley whereupon white witch wife William witch witch marks witchcraft women wretch young
Popular passages
Page 192 - In our childhood our mothers' maids have so terrified us with an ugly devil having horns on his head, fire in his mouth, and a tail...
Page 175 - Every old woman with a wrinkled face, a furred brow, a hairy lip, a gobber tooth, a squint eye, a squeaking voice, or a scolding tongue, having a rugged coat on her back, a skull-cap on her head, a spindle in her hand, and a dog or cat by her side, is not only suspected, but pronounced for a witch.
Page 325 - Cattell, or willing to give and afford as good Welcome and Entertainment, as other where I have beene, else I shall wave your Shire, (not as yet beginning in any Part of it myself) and betake me to such Places, where I doe, and may persist without Controle, but with Thanks and Recompense. So I humbly take my leave and rest, Your Servant to be Commanded,
Page 25 - Kirk of North Barrick in Lowthian ; and that after they had landed, tooke handes on the lande and daunced this reill or short daunce, singing all with one voice, Commer goe ye before, commer goe ye ; Gif ye will not goe before, commer let me.
Page 92 - Now all you that see me this day, know that I am now to die as a witch by my own confession, and I free all men, especially the ministers and magistrates, of the guilt of my blood. I take it wholly upon myself — my blood be upon my own head ; and as I must make answer to the God of Heaven presently, I declare I am as free of witchcraft as any child ; but being delated by a malicious woman, and put in prison under the name of a witch, disowned by my husband and friends, and seeing no ground of hope...
Page 376 - Mr Pacy keeps a great stir about his child, but let him stay until he hath done as much by his children as I have done by mine.' Being asked what she had done to hers, she replied that 'she had been fain to open her child's mouth with a tap to give it victuals'.
Page 224 - Did you ever see one more like a witch than she is ? take off her black thrumb cap, for I cannot abide to look at her.
Page 176 - Benedicamus domino:" why then, beware! look about you, my neighbors. If any of you have a sheep sick of the giddies, or a hog of the mumps, or a horse of the staggers, or a knavish boy of the school, or an idle girl of the wheel, or a young drab of the sullens, and hath not fat enough for her...
Page 369 - Cloths who went round the second time with them ; and then they met a thing in the Shape of a great black Toad which leapt up against the Examinant's Apron. In their third round they met somewhat in the shape of a Rat, which vanished away.
Page 177 - They that have their Brains baited, and their Fancies distemper'd with the Imaginations, and Apprehensions of Witches, Conjurers, and Fairies, and all that Lymphatical Chimaera, I find to be marshall'd in one of these five Ranks : Children, Fools, Women, Cowards, sick or black melancholick discompos'd Wits.