The charge that a witch rode her daughter like a horse and had her shod is the central detail of the case. A century on from the event, writers added further details, including that Janet had once been a lady's maid in Italy. The Bottle Imp essay notes that the most detailed accounts were not published until about a hundred years later, which makes them hard to check.
The daughter's deformities are generally taken in modern accounts as inherited. See the trial, execution and stone records.
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