I know there have been posts on this but i cant seem to find them and i have a huge history project due soon. help?
2007-01-15 03:14:09 · 6 answers · asked by Katie 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The most famous test for a witch was throwing the accused into a lake. If said person floated, they were a witch. If that person sank, they weren't a witch. Unfortunately, this test condemned the accused either way, as no one would jump into the lake to save a person who sank for fear of being accused themselves.
2007-01-15 03:22:26 · answer #1 · answered by Maverick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They did the swim test where the woman in question would be sent to the middle of the lake and if she could swim she was a witch and if she drowned then she wasn't. Nice weren't they?
There are others, but I can't think of them now.
2007-01-15 03:21:56 · answer #2 · answered by amanda w 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The looked for an extra nipple or any flap of skin that would serve as a "witches teat" that the devil alledgedly sucked.
Any kind of marks or moles out of the ordinary.
They would pick a suspected witch with a pin. If she cried out she was a witch. (Dumb hey?)
They would tie her to a dunking chair and dip her in a pond of water. If she drowned she was innocent.
2007-01-15 03:22:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
one test they did was to put them into a pool of water and see if they floated. if they did they were considered a witch
2007-01-15 03:22:23 · answer #4 · answered by dzwomper 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they'd put her hand in hot oil or put a white-hot iron rod to it
if she got burnt or felt pain, she was a witch
2007-01-15 04:30:55 · answer #5 · answered by sushobhan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you have it spelled wrong. Official site from Salem below
2007-01-15 03:24:13 · answer #6 · answered by PJ H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋