Witchcraft in Scotland by tayl8410 tayl8410 https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland 3.1 - Historical Background | By: Taylor Walkoski-Faetz | Monday July 23, 2018 en-us 2018-07-23 15:13:04 UTC 2018-07-24 14:17:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Soccerball.png Witches in Scotland tayl8410 https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270876739 They have identified a total of 3,837 people whom have been accused of doing witchcraft in Scotland.(Brewster)]]> 2018-07-23 15:35:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270876739 Witchcraft is still occurring in Scotland tayl8410 https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270876983 Out of the 3,837 whom have been accused, only 305 cases have been approached and 205 of these cases were  sent to be executed, 52 of the cases  were acquitted, 27 of the cases were banished. Also 2 were outlawed, 1 of the accused was to be kept in prison and 1 of the accused was to be publicly humiliated. Furthermore,  98 of the accused were recorded as having fled from prosecution. This goes to suggest that  two-thirds of the accused 3,837 were executed.  (Brewster)]]> 2018-07-23 15:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270876983 What they did to make the witches talk tayl8410 https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270878405 People would use sleep deprivation on those who were accused of using witchcraft. They did this to persuade the accused into answering questions about 

witchcraft. After being sleep deprived for three days, hallucinations stated to set in and the will they had to resist started to crumbled. Nothing that the accused said was real. they talked about changing into animals, flying, taking part in witches' sabbaths and meeting the devil. But during times of panic it was enough to convict a which. (Oddities) 

]]> 2018-07-23 16:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270878405 Witchcraft becoming illegal tayl8410 https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270879519 1563 was the year witchcraft became illegal in Scotland. Many were all for this ruling such as lairds and kirk elders and enforced tight local discipline. (Oddities)]]> 2018-07-23 16:18:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270879519 Magical Stones tayl8410 https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270880122 Most witches were also healer's, they owned items like rocks and stones for example that were containing common magical properties. These objects were often a gift from the fairies or found randomly by the healers. Some of the time the magical stone in their possession acquire a healer's abilities. However, if the stone was lost, the magical ability of the healer would be lost. (Emerick)]]> 2018-07-23 16:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270880122 People who were accused tayl8410 https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270880858 Most of whom were accused were women but there were also men whom were accused. Mostly if you were a healer or a midwife you were accused more then anyone else due to what your day to day tasks were. (Emerick) ]]> 2018-07-23 16:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270880858 Where they came from tayl8410 https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270881569 The Witches came from all around. About 32% of the accused witches originated from Lothians, while 14% came from  Strathclyde and the west, and 12% were from Fife. In addition 9% came from the Borders, along with 7% that came from Grampian including Aberdeen and combined Tayside and the Highlands and Islands produced 18%. Finally, 5% were from Caithness, Orkney and Shetland, and 2% from Central region that last one 1% came from unknown locations in Scotland. (Brewster) ]]> 2018-07-23 16:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270881569 The witches were tortured tayl8410 https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270980999 They would used sleep deprivation which would cause hallucinations to the occasional physical torture but they were very unusual (Brewster)]]> 2018-07-24 13:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270980999 The end of the witch hunt tayl8410 https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270983497  The lawyers in charge started to become less convinced that the usual evidence they found could prove a witch guilty. the last hunt was in 1727. The Scottish Witchcraft Act was repealed in 1736. In addition, the 1736 Act had the crime of witchcraft and replaced it by a new crime of 'pretended witchcraft'. This new crime 'pretended witchcraft' had a maximum penalty of one year's imprisonment. (Brewster)]]> 2018-07-24 14:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270983497 What the witches were like tayl8410 https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270984327 Some have said that they have been seen shape-shifting and flying but they were pretty much the same as both you and me and no they did not claim to fly on broomsticks. (Brewster)]]> 2018-07-24 14:13:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tayl8410/Witchcraft_in_Scotland/wish/270984327