Needles and Witchcraft

Disclaimer

This is NOT a page about Wiccans or neo-pagans, and I do not advocate the belief that Wiccans are Satan-worshippers and/or baby-killers. I am well aware that they are not. This is a starting point for historical research into the great witch craze of 1100-1700 AD. And please, don't ask me for spells.

Needles

In the 1590 trial of Senelle Petter, Senelle admitted to causing lameness and death to animals and people by "sticking a needle previously used to sew up a shroud into the ground where the target had been walking" (Briggs 66).

See also Pins.

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