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Pardons for excuted Witches
Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 6:16 am
by capt_buzzard
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
Pardons for excuted Witches
Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 11:02 am
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.
Pardons for excuted Witches
Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 5:05 pm
by greydeadhead
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..
Pardons for excuted Witches
Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2004 12:55 pm
by Bill Sikes
capt_buzzard wrote: Sinday's ceremony
Um.
Pardons for excuted Witches
Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 4:33 pm
by capt_buzzard
Leave it to you Mr Sikes to point this out. :-5 It was meant to be Sunday. :-5
Pardons for excuted Witches
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2004 12:10 pm
by Tombstone
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!
Pardons for excuted Witches
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:58 am
by koan
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.
Pardons for excuted Witches
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:55 am
by Bill Sikes
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.
Pardons for excuted Witches
Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 2:18 am
by gmc
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