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17 signs, which in 1692, the year you would declare a witch.



1. You - woman.

You - a woman? If so, it may well be the servant of the Devil. In the Middle Ages, women are often associated with witches: the people for thousands of years believed that women - being far more sinful than men, and clearly demonstrates the error of devil worship. In the Salem witchcraft charged 13 women and five men, but for all of witch-hunts women died much more.

2. You - poor or simply can not provide for themselves.

The poor, the homeless and those who are forced to beg, often accused of witchcraft. Sarah Good, for example, was hanged in 1692, the year because she wandered from house to house and asked to eat - the neighbors did not like it, do not trust her, that was accused of witchcraft.



3. You are rich or financially independent.

If you - adult for women and live without any financial support from the men in your closet is likely to cost banks alcoholized eye of newt.

Any case where the woman lived alone, without the support of men, is alarming. Most likely, the society shall be a woman, and then it would be accused and tried. Between 1620 m and 1725, the year of women who did not have husbands, sons or brothers, but which, nevertheless, abound in New England often accused of witchcraft - approximately 89% were hung just so.

4. Do you have a friend or more.

A group of women coming together without men, could be mistaken for "coven, worship the devil." Probably so ladies it easier to build his eyes.

5. You had an argument with one or several of his friends.

Witch hunters like Matthew Hopkins and John Sirny inspired such terror in society that some women accused of witchcraft other, just to protect themselves. According to writer Elizabeth Reis, women more often than men suspected of conspiring with the Devil, and women themselves believed in it - so a friend could just be damned.

For example, take Rachel Clinton - decent honest woman accused her that she made them stoop as she passed them in the church. Rachel, herself a former woman "respectable and dignified", was at the same time mentally unbalanced: late marriage and subsequent motherhood forced her to be on the lower rungs of the social ladder.

Full set - need to add other women screaming absurdity at all angles, and Rachel can be safely accused of witchcraft, which is what happened.

6. You had an argument or disagree with someone.

It is important to remember that anyone could accuse anyone, that all did. And if you suddenly discovered that you are accused of witchcraft, check which way the wind is blowing - it is possible that naked on a broomstick you saw former lover.

7. You are very old.

Older women, both married and unmarried, were an ideal target for accusations. Rebecca Nurse was 70 years old, she was disabled - and neighbors suddenly began to accuse her. It went down in history as the oldest woman that at age 71 convicted and executed as a witch.

8. You are very young.

Dorothy Hood was only four years old when she confessed to witchcraft (along with her mother and accused her in 1692, the year was hanged). Dorothy sat in jail nine months, but in the end, it was released. Nevertheless, the girl lost her mind forever.

9. You midwife.

This is well said writer Joel Sutern:

"The social and marital status, independence, pagan influence, secret knowledge of herbs - all spoke against the midwives. The main thing - the profession was considered unclean and demeaning, so that these women simply had to be in league with the Devil. In short, all the midwives feared ».

10. You are married and you have too many children.

Such unnatural fertility - probably the result of black magic. Just settle in the neighborhood of a couple who can not conceive a child, and they decide that you steal their happiness. Because you - a witch.

11. You are married and you have only one child (or none at all).

Devil curse you and awarded infertility. In addition, if your neighbors and their six children have already suffered, then surely those who live near them, too, has turned to evil.

12. You can be called "strange", "stubborn" or "daring».

Allow yourself to any audacity - and you are likely to be called a witch. During the trial of Rachel Clinton testified against her such accusations: "Is not she behaves like an angry, annoying, rude woman? Yes this is the nature of the witch! Is not she swears, does not threaten, does not climb into a fight? »

13. Do you have a mole, birthmark or a third nipple.

All this could be interpreted as a diabolical character. It could also mean that attach themselves to the witch dog, cat or snake to drink her blood. The accused fully shaved hair all over his body to find the mark.

14. In your cellar has spoiled butter or milk.

At Salem, the accused were charged that in their cellars were tainted dairy products. So check-ka refrigerator.

15. You had sex outside of marriage.

If this applies to you, you can fling themselves into the blue flames of hell. In 1651, the year of Alice Lake Dorchester tried as a witch, because "she was a prostitute and had a baby." She was tortured so that she finally confessed that slept with the Devil, and the child from him. In the same year it hung.

16. You have tried to predict the personality of your future husband.

Dreaming of your soulmate? Write his name in the notebook? Then your actions could be interpreted as witchcraft - as happened with Tituba, a slave of the city of Salem. Tituba offers young girls learn the names of future husbands and became the first woman in Salem, who was accused of witchcraft. But not the last.

17. You have violated any rule of the Bible - then made a pact with the Devil.

The following are a few rules Puritans were strictly observed. Violation of any of them could be the basis for accusations of witchcraft.

- Strict observance of the Sabbath: you can not light a fire, to trade, to travel - sometimes called "new shewbread in the holy place," is punishable by death;

- Do not commit adultery;

- Do not entice people to other gods prophecy or dreams;

- Do not allow to have been raped;

- Do not sow seeds on the field more than one type;

- Do not touch pork carcass;

- Do not wear clothes made of more than one type of tissue;

- Do not trim your hair in a circle;

- Do not braid their hair in a braid;

- And, of course, do not let the witches live.

If you do anything on this list, then you can safely blame witchcraft. Probably you for it will hang, burn or throw rot in jail, until we die.