Places and people from the Scottish Witchcraft Trials:
Christiane Steill in 1649 in Borthwick.
Also accused: Agnes Forsyth, Margaret Admiston, Margaret Ritchie, James Dik, Margaret Hermiston, Margaret Adinstoun, Margaret Dick, Janet Gibb, Margaret Johnston, Robert Acreskine, John Haggon, Sara Leonard, James Hugo.
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q43393943
Survey of Scottish Witchcraft:
https://witches.shca.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.accusedrecord&accusedref=A/EGD/1949&search_string=lastname

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Christiane Steill

accused of witchcraft

The garlic is springing.

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Wednesday for the win.

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One of our local footpaths in #Midlothian

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What's around the corner?
Correct! The answer is #spring

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#Mosstodon on a dry stane dyke along the North Esk in #Midlothian. Catching the last of the sun yesterday.

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Are you winking at me? Our small bird population has grown enough to support a predator!

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