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rauri
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# Posted: 26 Dec 2006 09:16
From one of my favourite parts of England.
Some interesting stuff came to light recently form 17th Century archives:
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"A manuscript unearthed in Cumbria's archives has painted a vivid
picture of murder, mayhem and misadventure in one 17th Century parish.
Deadly duels fought with frying pans, and drunken brawls waged with
beer jugs claimed lives in the west county parish of Lamplugh between 1656
and 1663.
The record also reveals how three women were drowned after being
accused of being witches, and four people were scared to death by fairies.
Other peculiar deaths listed in the document include death by gluttony
at a party and being attacked by the parson's bull.
But not all residents suffered such surprising ends - 57 residents
died of traditional old age."
I wonder if the four people who were scared to death by fairies were the ones who drowned the witches?
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Kama
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# Posted: 26 Dec 2006 10:16
And all of this is happening everyday today in India...
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hockberg
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# Posted: 26 Dec 2006 11:55
Quoting: Kama And all of this is happening everyday today in India...
Panic Over Witch Rumours
India's poorest state has been gripped by speculation that groups of witches are killing people in the region.
Members of the public are getting worried and authorities have appealed to residents not to carry out witch hunts.
Panic has spread throughout the remote state of Chhattisgarh in the last few weeks after reports that witches were knocking on people's doors.
It was claimed they were asking for onions and chapati breads - local staple foods - and anyone who gave them the items would die.
Local government official Subodh Kumar Singh said: "We have asked people not to believe in gossip mongering and try and think rationally.
"Awareness campaigns have been launched asking people not to harass women by calling them 'tonhi' (witch).
Chhattisgarh, in the east of the country, is deeply traditional and superstitions and beliefs in the occult are rampant.
Last year, at least 10 women were killed there on suspicion of being witches.
As panic has spread many people, including local politicians, scribbled prayers written in cow dung on their walls to ward away the witches, said the Indian Express newspaper.
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rauri
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# Posted: 26 Dec 2006 21:00
Seems like persecution of witches has been synonymous with the persecution of women as this website points out.
http://www.shanmonster.com/witch/misogyny.html
People behave at their worst when they are afraid. As in the witch hunts.
There are still lots of people who believe in witchcraft in this country as well as India.
I posted on here about them meeting up in my local park. Dog goes missing. Oh! the witches must have sacrificed it, sort of nonsense.
Thankfully the majority of the population just see it as harmless if slightly odd behaviour.
and if someone drops down dead it wasn't the fairies that did it but a brain haemorrhage or heart attack.
I had a work friend who believed in witchcraft. She would use it if someone upset her.
Some of her property was stolen at work and she said to me she would use black magic to get even.
She thought she knew the culprit and I tried to convince her she was completely wrong about that.
Nothing bad happened to the supposed thief he just couldn't understand why she didn't like him.
Once when my back was aching.
I joked with her and said. "Where have you hidden it?"
She said. "Hidden what?"
I said. "That voodoo doll of me you keep sticking pins in?"
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Cuni
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# Posted: 28 Dec 2006 12:39
I am scared of fairies, one walk down compton street and I can't sleep for a week
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rauri
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# Posted: 29 Dec 2006 08:06
Quoting: rauri he just couldn't understand why she didn't like him.
The man who was supposed to be the thief was openly gay.
The woman who used the witchcraft came from a country where black magic was widely accepted, but being gay was something that would have to be hidden.
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