https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf Witchcraft in Scotland en-us 2016-07-26 15:03:09 UTC 2025-10-03 07:31:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Bigthunderstorm.png kaitlync_11_3 https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117006070 2016-07-26 15:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117006070 kaitlync_11_3 https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117006322 2016-07-26 15:13:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117006322 kaitlync_11_3 https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117006902 Witch Hunts took place between 1550 and 1700 in Scotland]]> 2016-07-26 15:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117006902 kaitlync_11_3 https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117006968 Witchcraft became illegal in 1563. Local elders were against the practice and enforced a tight discipline.]]> 2016-07-26 15:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117006968 kaitlync_11_3 https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117007207 There were people assigned to prick people. If they didn't bleed they used it as evidence to convict them of the practice.]]> 2016-07-26 15:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117007207 kaitlync_11_3 https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117007687 People convicted were deprived of sleep for 3 days where they would begin to hallucinate. They believed that would make them more likely to confess.]]> 2016-07-26 15:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117007687 kaitlync_11_3 https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117008064 3500 people were convicted of witchcraft in Scotland and 1500 were executed]]> 2016-07-26 15:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117008064 kaitlync_11_3 https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117008188 The majority of people convicted were female. Most of the men were husbands of the witches.]]> 2016-07-26 15:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117008188 kaitlync_11_3 https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117008245 The last witch in Scotland was executed in 1727.]]> 2016-07-26 15:45:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117008245 kaitlync_11_3 https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117008442 The convicted people of witchcraft were sometimes bound and thrown into the nearest body of water. It was believed that a witch would float but an innocent person would sink.]]> 2016-07-26 15:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117008442 kaitlync_11_3 https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117008628 Often times witch hunters would convict people if hey had blemishes and unsightly marks. Usually considered the Devil's Mark.]]> 2016-07-26 15:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117008628 kaitlync_11_3 https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117008790 If the victim under a spell would come out of the trance when the convicted witch would touch them it could prove they were a real witch.]]> 2016-07-26 15:55:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kaitlync_11_3/wct8lxcj6muf/wish/117008790