Margaret Aitken (died c. August 1597, Fife), known as the Great Witch of Balwearie, was an important figure in the great Scottish witchcraft panic of...
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between 4 March and October. The best-known case was that of Margaret Aitken, called The Great Witch of Balwearie. She was likely arrested in Fife in April...
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Marion Walker (category Witch trials in Scotland)
Catholics. Walker acted as a whistleblower in the witch hunts. When Margaret Aitken (the great witch of Balwearie) confessed she had lied and was burned...
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Gardner and the 20th Century 'Witches'". Folklore Society News. 17: 10. Murray, Margaret A. (1962) [1921]. The Witch-Cult in Western Europe. Oxford:...
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2013. Aitken, Jonathan (2013). Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality. A & C Black. ISBNÂ 978-1-4088-3186-1. Campbell, John (2003). Margaret Thatcher:...
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The Witches' Well is a monument to accused witches burned at the stake in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is the only one of its kind in the city. The memorial...
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Daemonologie (category Witch hunter manuals)
Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597 Lemures Margaret Aitken (the great witch of Balwearie) Spirit possession Witchcraft and divination in the Hebrew Bible Witch of...
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couple had three children: Francis Spottiswoode Aitken Jr., Frances Aitken and Margaret Shirley Aitken. Aitken died 24 February 1933 in Los Angeles, California...
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1696 Pittenweem witches 1704 Islandmagee witch trial 1711 Accused witches Lilias Adie Margaret Aitken Allison Balfour Margaret Bane Margaret Barclay Magdalene...
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Isobel Gowdie (category Witch trials in Scotland)
Dudley, Margaret; Goodare, Julian (2013), "Sleep Paralysis and Scottish Witchcraft", in Goodare, Julian (ed.), Scottish Witches and Witch-Hunters, Palgrave...
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