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Residents invited to talk about 300-year-old witch trial from West Lothian's past

Residents invited to talk about 300-year-old witch trial from West Lothian s past
West Lothian Council are hosting the free event this Thursday and people are asked to register
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The talk will discuss the case of Janet Miller, from Old Liston in 1650
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Study to dive into stories of nurses and midwives accused of witchcraft

Study to dive into stories of nurses and midwives accused of witchcraft
Edinburgh Napier University s Sighthill Campus
Researchers are to investigate the folk-healer nurses and midwives in early modern Scotland who were accused of – and often executed for – the crime of witchcraft.
The team of researchers at Edinburgh Napier University has won funding from the RCN Foundation to investigate more than 100 folk healers and midwives who are listed on the Survey of Scottish Witchcraft online database.
I am delighted we have been awarded funding from the RCN Foundation to investigate this over-looked part of nursing history
Nicola Ring
The foundation, which is an independent charity, awarded a Monica Baly Education Grant to the researchers as part of its programme to mark the extended International Year of the Nurse and Midwife. ....

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The story behind Scotland's witch hunt and trials

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Hamish MacPherson
James I (1566-1625) of England and VI of Scotland Examining the North Berwick Witches, from Newes from Scotland , 1591 (engraving) (b&w photo) (Photo by Art Images via Getty Images).
NEARLY three years ago I wrote about witchcraft in Scotland and how King James VI almost singlehandedly made Scotland top of the European league for the number of witches executed per head of population.
A reader recently asked me if I could give more information about one of the most sensational and deeply disturbing witch trials, namely that of the North Berwick witches.
Let me first of all point out that I am using the term “witches” only as the description they were given then. Mostly women with some men and even children; of course, none of the people tried and usually burned to death were witches as we understand the term, but they were most definitely the victims of witch hunts. That term ....

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