The link between the accuser and the accused is one of the few concrete reasons given for why the confessions started. Whether it was truth, a story told to please, or the result of pressure is unknown.
Witchcraft
The Spells Against Minister Harry Forbes
Auldearn parish
1662 confession
- Evidence
- Contemporary written record
- Access
- Access unrecorded
- Location
- 57.576, -3.808 (Sited to the village)
Sources: Wikipedia, Isobel Gowdie [other]; Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, case of Issobell Gowdie [other]
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