Does anyone know about her? i just visited her grave sight and reall want to know more about her!!
2006-07-08 15:23:51 · 3 answers · asked by aisling7 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
I found some interesting things about Mary Nasson and her grave.
Mary Nasson had been a successful and respected herbalist in the community of York. She was also skilled at performing exorcisms. Her portrait is supposedly on her headstone.
Due to her unique grave (which has a headstone, a heelstone and a large slab in between) many people believe it is a "witch's grave". Some have even theorized that her husband placed the large slab on her casket to keep her from coming out of the ground. Her husband claimed he did it to protect her casket from grazing cattle on the grounds. But it is important to note that no graves before or after were "protected" like that.
It seems that many believe that the crows, that are common to the graveyard, are Mary Nasson's familiars.
Also, if you get a chance to go back to her grave it is said that the long slab emits heat (many claim it is warmer around the headstone than the heelstone).
2006-07-08 15:50:29 · answer #1 · answered by Marilynne 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She was an herbalist. She also was charged with casting exorsism. Mostlky a victom of people beging scared of what they do not understand. In most wicth craft, or Craft as some call it there is no such thing as white witch. There is no good or evil in the craft it is a balance of nature depending on your belief system
2006-07-08 15:50:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did a google search for Mary Nasson - there are a lot of websites on her... you should google it, interesting stuff. Here is one
http://www.hollowhill.com/me/nasson.htm
Sounds like she was a "white witch", into helping ppl with herbs, etc. I'll look forward to reading whatever other answers you get :-)
2006-07-08 15:38:25 · answer #3 · answered by Mary K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋