History of Witchcraft In Scotland by https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf en-us 2017-07-24 23:51:22 UTC 2017-07-26 01:08:41 UTC hello@padlet.com emil0870 https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179353289 2017-07-24 23:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179353289 Witch Population in Early Scotland emil0870 https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179447149 Throughout the Great Scottish Witch Hunt in 1597, 3837 people were accused of being witches and 67% of the accused witches were executed]]> 2017-07-26 00:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179447149 Who Were Accused? emil0870 https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179447575 84% of the accused were women and most of them were between the ages of 30 and 70. ]]> 2017-07-26 00:20:11 UTC https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179447575 How Would They Execute the Accused emil0870 https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179448646 They were mostly strangled and then burned however, sometimes they were beheaded, burned alive or hung. ]]> 2017-07-26 00:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179448646 What Did They Use As Evidence emil0870 https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179449118 There were many types of evidence that they used against the witches. They used confessions that were usually extracted by torture, they asked the neighbours to testify, asked witches for names of other suspects before they were executed, or the devils mark. ]]> 2017-07-26 00:31:45 UTC https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179449118 What is a Devil's Mark emil0870 https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179449541 A devil's mark is a visible mark that when pricked with a pin is insensitive to the suspect. ]]> 2017-07-26 00:35:24 UTC https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179449541 How Long Did Witch Hunting Happen For emil0870 https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179450056 Although it wasn't as popular, the last witch to be accused and punished in Scotland was in 1944, however they faced jail time instead of execution.]]> 2017-07-26 00:39:26 UTC https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179450056 How Many Great Witch Hunts Were There emil0870 https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179451336 There were 5 Great Witch Hunts nationwide throughout the 16th and 17th century. One of these Great Witch Hunts was in Aberdeen, Scotland. ]]> 2017-07-26 00:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179451336 How Would They Torture the Witches emil0870 https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179451668 One of the most common ways to torture was sleep deprivation with made them hallucinate and confess answers about their practice. ]]> 2017-07-26 00:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179451668 Did Witches Wear Pointy Hats and Shoes emil0870 https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179452050 There were many testaments that neighbours saw them wearing hats when they met together however they didn't usually go out in public with them on. This is most likely because they were trying to blend in and not get executed]]> 2017-07-26 00:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179452050 Why Did the Witch Hunts Become Popular emil0870 https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179452496 Witch hunts began because many people believed that witches were the main source of evil and bad manner. They blamed many problems on witches such as lack of milk produced from cows, they caused frost to grow over the seeds and they made snails an caterpillars destroy the crops that they needed. ]]> 2017-07-26 01:04:42 UTC https://padlet.com/emil0870/lgmzqpxv17bf/wish/179452496