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The Pendle Witch Child
watched this last night .. it was very good .. on bbc 4 ... anyway its being repeated at the minute on bbc 4 its on the bbc iplayer as well
some good shots of pendle hill and lancaster castle .. tis about a 9 year old girl jennet who denounced her whole family and neighbours as witches ... and sent them to the gallows ... and then 20 years later she was tried as a witch .. and was declared innocent ... |
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was she a distant relative jen?:D
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nope cashy ... mine are in ireland ... is she one of yours?:tongueout:D:D:D
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Watched it Jen .. amazing the power of a child's imaginations then, eh.
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i did learn something from it ... dont let kids under the age of 10 into my house .....:D:D:D
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Interesting.
Although the stupid cartoons of people got on my nerves. Never knew that Jennet Devis was the grandaughter of Old Mother Demdike. Had family living around Pendle then, some shamefully in what was then Yorkshire. We even have a Jennet, but she was a Horner/Cottam. Also interesting to learn that Malkin Towers wasn't as grand as it sounded. In fact it was a poor midden of a smallholding, and the name translates as 'sh-it heap'. Was also interesting to learn that Jennet's testimony at the subsequent trial at Lancaster Castle entered the law books, about child witnesses at trials, and was used as a precedent at the Salem witch trials, because at that time America was still ruled by Britain. When we were children one of our most favourite walks was when Dad took us to see what are supposedly witches graves at St. Mary's Church, at Newchurch in Pendle. Enjoyable programme. |
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The correct meaning of "malkin" (as used by Shakespeare) is "a slut or sloven".
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'Sh-it heap' was more a descriptive translation of the dwelling Malkin Tower, rather than a literal one. Malkin is first recorded as being used in literature by Chaucer, long before Shakespeare's time. Malkin \Mal"kin\, n. [Dim. of Maud, the proper name. Cf. Grimalkin.] [Written also maukin.] 1. Originally, a kitchenmaid; a slattern. --Chaucer. 2. A mop made of clouts, used by the kitchen servant. 3. A scarecrow. [Prov. Eng.] 4. (Mil.) A mop or sponge attached to a jointed staff for swabbing out a cannon. Article: Chaucer's 'Malkin' and Dafydd AP Gwilym's 'Mald y Cwd.' | AccessMyLibrary - Promoting library advocacy |
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Effectively there were no witches - and indicates to me that those who were supposed to stand for good Christians values were actually doing the "Devils" work! :dflam: |
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Too many herbal healers got labelled as witches.
Things haven't changed all that much - now some call them 'nutters' ...interesting use of an old surname:rolleyes: |
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