Pardons for excuted Witches

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 6:16 am

Accused witches and their cats,excuted during a wave of hysteria and mad religious ferment centuries ago, will be pardoned on Halloween in the Scottish town Prestonpans.

"There'll be no witches hats,dress-ups or that sort of thing - it will be a fairly solemn occasion, Adel Conn, spokesperson for the baronial court that granted the pardons, said yesterday.

Sinday's ceremony will publicty declare pardons for 81 people excuted by burning at the stake in the 16th and 17th centuries for being witches.

The pardons have been granted under ancient feudal powers that are due to be abolished within weeks.

More than 3,500 Scots,mainly women,children and their cats were killed in witch hunts at that time.

Many were condemned simply for owning a black cat or brewing homemade remedies.

Irish Independent

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 11:02 am

Very interesting. I wonder if this has been done in the U.S.?

What a horribly ignorant time humanity lived in at that time.

greydeadhead · Post by **greydeadhead** » Sat Oct 30, 2004 5:05 pm

Ignorance is merely the fear of the unknown.. sigh.. Tombstone.. whereabouts in Idaho are you...?? I have had the pleasurable experience of visiting Stanley a couple of times. Definately a spectacular part of your state....And Sun Valley is the only place I have seen a supermarket with a fireplace by the checkout aisles.. something different there..

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Sun Oct 31, 2004 12:55 pm

capt_buzzard wrote: Sinday's ceremony

Um.

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 4:33 pm

Leave it to you Mr Sikes to point this out. :-5 It was meant to be Sunday. :-5

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 12:10 pm

greydeadhead wrote: Ignorance is merely the fear of the unknown.. sigh.. Tombstone.. whereabouts in Idaho are you...?? I have had the pleasurable experience of visiting Stanley a couple of times. Definately a spectacular part of your state....And Sun Valley is the only place I have seen a supermarket with a fireplace by the checkout aisles.. something different there..

Hi greydeadhead,

We are further up North. If you look at a map, we are near Sandpoint, ID. We certainly enjoy it up here!

koan · Post by **koan** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:58 am

If they had only known that a witch weighs the same as a duck, they could have spared some innocent lives! (for Monty Python fans)

I'm sure lucky they don't burn witches anymore.

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:55 am

capt_buzzard> Sinday's ceremony

Sikes> Um.

capt_buzzard wrote: Leave it to you Mr Sikes to point this out. It was meant to be Sunday.

I know that - it was such a lovely typo though that I had to mention it.

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 2:18 am

Posted by tombstone

Very interesting. I wonder if this has been done in the U.S.?

What a horribly ignorant time humanity lived in at that time.

Salem Massachusetts,

http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp?CRID=s ... tch_trials

http://www.salemwitchtrials.org/home.html

http://www.channel4.com/history/microsi ... witch.html