John Walsh

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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.

John Walsh

In 1566, John Walsh of Dorset was brought up on charges of witchcraft. He claimed to be able to tell if a person was bewitched. This gift had been bestowed upon him partly by faeries. These faeries lived in Dorsetshire in great heaps of earth, and could be consulted for one hour at noon or midnight.

Walsh said there were three kinds of faeries: black, white, and green. The black faeries were the worst (Guiley 1989 118, 119).

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