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... taken so ill that for some time he could not see or speak . I pass over many other particulars of witchery attributed to Jane Brooks ; but on 8th December , 1657 , the boy , Jane Brooks , and Alice Coward ( to whom also similar ...
... taken so ill that for some time he could not see or speak . I pass over many other particulars of witchery attributed to Jane Brooks ; but on 8th December , 1657 , the boy , Jane Brooks , and Alice Coward ( to whom also similar ...
Page 243
... taken with a grievous pricking in her leg , which pain continued for a long time . Some time after Style came to his wife and gave her two apples , which Style requested her to eat ; which she did , and in a few hours was taken ill and ...
... taken with a grievous pricking in her leg , which pain continued for a long time . Some time after Style came to his wife and gave her two apples , which Style requested her to eat ; which she did , and in a few hours was taken ill and ...
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... taken out , nor did any bloud issue out of the sd place . But this exam ' sayth that after , when the constable tould her hee would thrust in a pin to the sd place , the sd Style cryed out , " O Lord ! doe you prick mee , " when in ...
... taken out , nor did any bloud issue out of the sd place . But this exam ' sayth that after , when the constable tould her hee would thrust in a pin to the sd place , the sd Style cryed out , " O Lord ! doe you prick mee , " when in ...
Contents
General Notes on Festivals | 3 |
DAYS AND SEASONScontinued | 8 |
Festivals held before the Reformation | 10 |
Copyright | |
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