Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Janet Durie in 1639 in Coaltown of Wemyss.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43394168
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/2207&search_string=lastname

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Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
John McIlvorie in 1643 in Crieff.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43402737
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/167&search_string=lastname

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Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Marion Watsone in 1649 in Cardrona.
Also accused: Bessie Gibson.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43396173
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/LA/3134&search_string=lastname

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Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
John McIlvorie in 1643 in Crieff.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43402737
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/167&search_string=lastname

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Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Magaret Alexander in Livingston.
Also accused: Barbria Parish.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43391675
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/JO/2761&search_string=lastname

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Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Christian Neving in 1658 in Irvine.
Also accused: Issobell Hendersone, Wallas, Agnes Wallace, Bessie Fullertoun, Annabell Gottray, Wallace.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43392309
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/244&search_string=lastname

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Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Janet Wilkie in 1630 in West Wemyss.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43390123
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/1187&search_string=lastname

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Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Kathrin Blak in 1662 in Flisk.
Also accused: Jon Dougleish, Jonet Edward, Bessie Simson.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43393306
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/1465&search_string=lastname

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Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Agnes Smyth in 1612 in Skateraw.
Also accused: Jonnet Henrie.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43392448
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/845&search_string=lastname

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Finished #reading the fascinating #novella #TheDaylighGate, #author #JeanetteWinterson's retelling of the #PendleWitchTrials of 1612 in England, when 12 men + women were charged with the murders of 10 people by the use of #witchcraft. Winterson reimagines this world adding passion + magic to the sad + tragic events of that time.

Statue is #AliceNutter, the central character in Winterson's story

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