Witch craft 10/2/25 8th Flashcards
What are the 5 trials ?
The Swimming Test
The Ducking Stool
The Pin Prick Test
The Lord’s Prayer Test
The Hot Poker Test
Familiar-
A witch’s evil spirit in the form of an animal. Witches feed them their own blood leaving a mark
Matthew Hopkins-
He is known as the Witch Finder General. he hunted down lots of witches
The Swimming Test
Suspected Witches were tied and lowered to water 3 times. if she sank, she’s innocent, if she floated she’s a witch
The Ducking Stool
A torture for woman, the woman was tied to a chair and was lowered to cold water until they confessed
The Pin Prick Test
It was believed the devil put an invisible mark where you can’t feel pain so they prick a pin everywhere on your body until you don’t feel pain
The Lord’s Prayer Test
Make the woman read the Lord’s prayer in front of a crowd, if she messed up she was a witch
The Hot Poker Test
A woman had to carry a red hot poker across a room, if she didn’t she was a witch
what were the most famous witch trials?
The Pendle Witches
EU witch craft(3)
devil’s mark
familiars
witch trials
African witch craft(3)
believed to practice ‘Bo’, involves curses and spells for harm
mutilated bodies with removed organs for magic charms
consulted witch doctors
Why did people believe in witches?
To blame them for unusual or bad events
