[decimon]

There was one tied to a pole in a bay in Scotland and the people watched as the tide came in and drowned her.

I've read of a little test that was done. Tie her up and dunk her in a river. If she didn't drown then she was a witch. Don't know if that was actually done but I have read that.

[DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis]

There is an area near where I live called Witchduck, because someone suspected of being a witch was dunked near there...

[stuartcr]

That’s how witchduck rd in VaBch got named.

[crz]

That was the Dunking chair.

They also used to tie something to them and chuck them in and if they floated they were considered a witch and if they drowned they werent.

What a bunch. I read that most of the cases might have been caused by ergot poisoning. ergot is a mold that was in the barley and it is not unlike LSD. So they went around in a state of drug induced paranoia and thought they saw witches and accused anyone that didnt look just right.

[I still care]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g

That one’s too easy.

[agrace]

CROWD: Burn! Burn her!
BEDEMIR: Quiet, quiet. Quiet! There are ways of telling whether she is a witch.
CROWD: Are there? What are they?
BEDEMIR: Tell me, what do you do with witches?
VILLAGER #2: Burn!
CROWD: Burn, burn them up!
BEDEMIR: And what do you burn apart from witches?
VILLAGER #1: More witches!
VILLAGER #2: Wood!
BEDEMIR: So, why do witches burn?
[pause]
VILLAGER #3: B—... ‘cause they’re made of wood...?
BEDEMIR: Good!
CROWD: Oh yeah, yeah...
BEDEMIR: So, how do we tell whether she is made of wood?
VILLAGER #1: Build a bridge out of her.
BEDEMIR: Aah, but can you not also build bridges out of stone?
VILLAGER #2: Oh, yeah.
BEDEMIR: Does wood sink in water?
VILLAGER #1: No, no.
VILLAGER #2: It floats! It floats!
VILLAGER #1: Throw her into the pond!
CROWD: The pond!
BEDEMIR: What also floats in water?
VILLAGER #1: Bread!
VILLAGER #2: Apples!
VILLAGER #3: Very small rocks!
VILLAGER #1: Cider!
VILLAGER #2: Great gravy!
VILLAGER #1: Cherries!
VILLAGER #2: Mud!
VILLAGER #3: Churches — churches!
VILLAGER #2: Lead — lead!
ARTHUR: A duck.
CROWD: Oooh.
BEDEMIR: Exactly! So, logically...,
VILLAGER #1: If... she.. weighs the same as a duck, she’s made of wood.
BEDEMIR: And therefore—?
VILLAGER #1: A witch!
CROWD: A witch!
BEDEMIR: We shall use my larger scales!
[yelling]
BEDEMIR: Right, remove the supports!
[whop]
[creak]
CROWD: A witch! A witch!
WITCH: It’s a fair cop.
CROWD: Burn her! Burn! [yelling]