Witches !

[tonyav]

Ladies would you have qualified as a witch in 1692 ?.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/offbeat/17-signs-that-youd-qualify-as-a-witch-in-1692/ar-BBmnVA5?li=AAaeUIW#page=1

[marval]

Sorry tony, I like sprouts.

[tonyav]

A sure sign ^^^^^^

[Prudie]

On a serious note for a second, did anyone catch that documentary on The Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins this week? It was absolutely horrific. I saw the Hammer film years ago but didn't realise in reality how many people he got rid of so cruelly in Essex/Suffolk area. Awful.

[tonyav]

No I didn't see that, Prudie. Was it on a BBC channel ?.

[marval]

I didn't see it Prudie, but I remember the film. If that was anywhere near the truth, it was dreadful.

[tonyav]

I remember the Hammer film to, good old Vincent Price.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98gzk6VSzfU

[marval]

Thank you, I shall try and watch that.

[Prudie]

It wasn't BBC (OH said it was on a weird channel like Watch??) maybe Tues or Wed night. yes the Vincent price film was really really scary.

[tonyav]

Thanks Prudie.


That witch finding stuff must have been like having a 17th century ISIS.

[marval]

Was the programme "Witch Hunt, A Century Of Murder."? On channel five 9pm last Tuesday.

[Prudie]

Well done Marval, yes that was it - well Channel 5 is a bit weird, we don't watch it often :-)

[Zacs-Master]

I was drinking this 'potion' last night:
http://i59.tinypic.com/2ng9cmu.png

[marval]

Yes Channel 5, can be a bit strange. I will try and watch that programme though.

[gness]

I only ever tried something along the lines of witchcraft against someone who had really miffed me....in the days when I could be miffed....

It worked so well it scared the living daylights out of me and almost killed him......

So now I just stick to tootling around the estate on the broomstick.....☻

[starone]

I reckon if I had said red sky at night, shepherd's delight and it had been fine the next day I would have been hung, drawn and quartered or whatever they did to witches in those days.

[marval]

That sounds about right starone.

[tonyav]

Yeah any excuse I think, star.

[atalanta]

You were most likely to be declared a witch if you were a bit demented and your son-in-law didn't like you, but coveted your house.