 | Robert Pitcairn - 1831 - 228 pages
...collars, or < Witches bridles,' are still preserved in various parts of Scotland, which had formerly been used for such iniquitous purposes. These instruments...directed to the tongue and palate, the others pointing outwards to each cheek. This infernal machine was secured by a padlock. At the back of the collar was... | |
 | 1833 - 326 pages
...collars, or ' Witches bridles,' are still preserved in various parts of Scotland, which had formerly been used for such iniquitous purposes. These instruments...directed to the tongue and palate, the others pointing outwards to each cheek. This infernal machine was secured by a padlock. At the back of the collar was... | |
 | Robert Pitcairn - 1833 - 488 pages
...collars, or ' Witches bridles,' are still preserved in various parts of Scotland, which had formerly been used for such iniquitous purposes. These instruments...directed to the tongue and palate, the others pointing outwards to each cheek. This infernal machine was secured by a padlock. At the back of the collar was... | |
 | 1861 - 460 pages
...constructed, that by means of a hoop which passed over the head, a piece of iron having four prongs or points, was forcibly thrust into the mouth, two of these being...directed to the tongue and palate, the others pointing outwards to each cheek. This infernal machine was secured by a padlock. At the back of the collar was... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1886 - 416 pages
...distract ' ' One of the most powerful incentives to confession was systematically to deprive the suspeeted witch of the refreshment of her natural sleep. Iron...directed to the tongue and palate, the others pointing outwards to each cheek. This infernal machine was secured by a padlock. At the back of the collar was... | |
 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage - 1889 - 944 pages
...been used for such iniquitous purposes. These instruments were so constructed that by means of a loop which passed over the head, a piece of iron having...prongs, was forcibly thrust into the mouth, two of those being directed to the tongue and palate, the others pointing outward to each cheek. This infernal... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1888 - 420 pages
...for such iniquitous purposes. These instruments were so constructed that, by means of a hoop winch passed over the head, a piece of iron having four...directed to the tongue and palate, the others pointing outwards to each cheek. This infernal machine was secured by a padlock. At the back of the collar was... | |
 | 1905 - 580 pages
...'Iron collars, or Witches Bridles, are still preserved in various parts of Scotland, which had formerly been used for such iniquitous purposes. These instruments...directed to the tongue and palate, the others pointing outwards to each cheek. This infernal machine was secured by a padlock. At the back of the collar was... | |
 | 1905 - 568 pages
...Iron collars, or Witches Bridles, are still preserved in various parts of Scotland, which had formerly been used for such iniquitous purposes. These instruments...directed to the tongue and palate, the others pointing outwards to each cheek. This infernal machine was secured by a padlock. At the back of the collar was... | |
 | Rudolf Cronau - 1919 - 322 pages
...the "Witches' Bridle." It was so constructed that by means of a loop which passed over the victim's head, a piece of iron having four points or prongs was forcibly thrust into the mouth. Two of these prongs pressed against the tongue and palate, the other outward to the cheeks. This infernal instrument... | |
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Iron collars, or witches' bridles, are still preserved in various parts of Scotland, which had been used for such iniquitous purposes. These instruments were so constructed that, by means of a hoop which passed over the head, a piece of iron having four... 
