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THE BARDIC YEAR
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Ritual for Wiccan groups
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- by the White Bard 1991-92 CE
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The following are suggested rituals within the four major calendar celebrations.
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They are written from a Wiccan standpoint, using Celtic traditions, and take the
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form of Mystery Plays that (sometimes) are -not- fully explained (!). Try not to
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explain them to the participants, but rather allow them to act upon the
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participants in a subliminal, emotional fashion. That is, after all, what they
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are designed to do.
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Note: "%" marks "stage directions"
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N:earth
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W:water E:air
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S:fire
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The BARD should stand to the WEST, unless otherwise specified in the
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ritual.
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YULE RITUAL: 21 December
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-by the White Bard
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Materials: a very small, just sprouted potted plant.
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a candle for each covener present.
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a MOTHER. She should wear a blue garment, if possible.
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a MAIDEN, dressed in white.
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a Crown of Light, made from three, six, or nine
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candles.
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a BARD/GREEN MAN.
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% The ceremony for the Lesser Sabbats should be written by newer
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% members of the coven, as part of their learning. At an appropriate
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% place in the ceremony, the following should be inserted:
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% Here begins the Yule Mystery. ALL light shall be
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% extinguished, all fires put out, save that in the South.
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% The Bard/Green Man shall lie on his back in the East, as
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% if dead.
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% The HPS shall say:
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HPS: Darkness covers all. The Old King is dead, and there is no
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warmth for the Mother. The days are short, and the nights
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are long.
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COVEN: Give us Light!
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HPS: The Maiden wanders the Earth, Maiden no more, but soon to be
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Mother. The Earth is cold, and there is no place for her to
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give birth.
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COVEN: Give us Light!
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HP: Mother, give us the Child of Promise! The Lord Of Life strains
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to be born!
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COVEN: Give us Light!
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MOTHER: I seek a place to rest, and give birth.
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% The Mother should wander about the inside of the circle, as if
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% looking for something, and not finding it. She should act very
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% tired, and project a sense of urgency.
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% She then goes to the East, and assumes the Goddess pose, standing,
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% arms and legs spread in the form of a five-pointed star.
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% There shall be a pause, and the Bard/Green Man shall then quietly
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% rise up, and stand behind the Mother. If it seems appropriate, the
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% more primitive symbolism of him crawling out from between the legs
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% of the Mother may be used. He should be carrying a lit candle, or
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% some other source of light.
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BARD/GREEN MAN: Cunning and art I do not lack,
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But -always- Her Cauldron brings me back!
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% The Bard/Green Man shall take his lit candle, and proceed to re-light
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% the corner candles, moving deasil, and any other fires within the circle.
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% The just-sprouted potted plant is picked up by the Mother and held in
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% front of her during this candle-lighting.
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% The Bard/Green Man shall then take the plant from the hands of the Mother,
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% bring it to the center of the circle, and raise it above his head, saying:
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BARD/GREEN MAN: Here is the Promise, that is always fulfilled.
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% The plant is then passed around the circle, and given to the Mother, who
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% should take it home and water and nurture it thru the year, if possible.
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% The Maiden shall then take the place of the Mother, and the Mother shall
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% return to her place within the circle.
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% Here ends the Yule Mystery.
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CANDLEMAS (IMBOLC) RITUAL: 2 February
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-by the White Bard
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Materials: a candle for each covener present.
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a MAIDEN, dressed in white.
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a Crown of Light, made from three, six, or nine
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candles.
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a BARD/GREEN MAN.
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a DARK LORD, dressed in dark clothing, and holding a
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dark cloak.
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% The place of ritual should be set up, away from the
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gathered participants.
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% It is more than a good idea to manage bathrooms and such like
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% before the circle is closed. This Mystery is not something any
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% of the participants should miss out on!
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HPS: Go we now to the sacred place
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And stand within the sacred space
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Turn your minds to sacred things
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And dance with me unto the ring!
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% HP and HPS lead the coven to the place of ritual by a
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% spiral dance, ending in a circle around the altar. The
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% cauldron should be at the south. The Bard/Green Man
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% dances at the end of the line. A good song to sing here
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% is "Lord Of The Dance."
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HPS: Come we forth, with the Spiral Dance
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Within the Lady's radiance
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To celebrate the Sun's rebirth
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To renew life, to warm the Earth
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Earth and Water, Fire and Air
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I invoke the Goddess there!
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This night we are Between the Worlds
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To celebrate the year unfurled!
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HP: Earth and Water, Fire and Sky
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I invoke the God on high
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This night we are Between the Worlds
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To celebrate the year unfurled!
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% The corners shall be called thusly, that all may hear, but
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% shall not be called until the HPS reaches that corner on her
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% circumnabulation.
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EAST: O Guardians of the Eastern Tower,
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Airy ones of healing power
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I do summon, stir and call you
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See these rites and guard this circle!
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Come to us and heed our call!
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By the Power that made us all;
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By the Power that blesses Thee:
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Come to us; and Blessed Be!
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SOUTH: Oh fiery ones of Southern Power
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Thus I invite you to this tower
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I do summon, stir and call you
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See these rites and guard this circle!
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Come to us and heed our call!
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By the Power that made us all;
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By the Power that blesses Thee:
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Come to us; and Blessed Be!
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WEST: Western ones of water's flow
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Help to guard us here below
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I do summon, stir and call you
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See these rites and guard this circle!
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Come to us and heed our call!
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By the Power that made us all;
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By the Power that blesses Thee:
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Come to us; and Blessed Be!
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NORTH: Earthen ones of Northern fame
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Bless and guard our Power's fane
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I do summon, stir and call you
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See these rites and guard this circle!
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Come to us and heed our call!
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By the Power that made us all;
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By the Power that blesses Thee:
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Come to us; and Blessed Be!
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% The HPS shall move to each corner, and say, following each
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% corner's crying as she moves to the next:
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HPS: So I cast and consecrate
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This Circle of the small and great:
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By Fin and Feather, Leaf and Tree,
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By Rock and Earth, by Land and Sea,
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By Fire and Water, Earth and Air,
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By the Lord, and Lady Fair!
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By Love and Joy and Work and Play,
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All things harmful cast away!
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By lightening's flash, and rain's soft fall,
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By the Power that made us all;
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By the Power that blesses Thee:
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(Cast the Circle: Blessed be!)
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% On her return to the first corner she shall change the last
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% line above, and say:
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The Circle's cast; and Blessed Be!
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% The callers of the corners shall return their tools to the
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altar, and then shall join the circle at their corners.
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% Here begins the Candlemas (Imbolc) Mystery:
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% The Maiden shall step forth, and say:
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MAIDEN: This is the time of Brigid, the Patron of Poets and Fire,
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and of Healing.
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HPS: This is the time of new beginnings, when the Mother has become
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Maiden.
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HP: The days have turned, and grow longer, and the Sun-child is growing
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to His strength.
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BARD/GREEN MAN: I have been a wave upon the sea,
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And a spark in the firelight.
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I have been a fish in the ocean.
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I have been a Thought within a Word,
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And a Word within a Deed.
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I was cast away, and found again.
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I have been made of flowers
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And of cold steel and brass.
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Fire and ice are alike unto me.
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I have been the narrow blade of a sword
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That kills without cutting.
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And the Void is my homeland.
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I have been in Caer Sidi
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In the Spiral Castle of Glass.
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And the letters on the Standing Stones
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Are no secret from me.
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I have been in Annwyn
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And Tir na n'Og,
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I have danced the Spiral Dance,
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And drunk from the Hierlas at daybreak.
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I have ridden beneath two ravens
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And served in the kitchen,
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And all places are alike unto me.
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I have been a child
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And now I come into my strength!
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I invoke the Land, the dear Land,
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the Earth our Mother!
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MAIDEN: The cycles of the Moon have taken their course, and I am
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in my Maidenhood. The stars are kindled, and I dance in
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their light.
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DARK LORD: Thy home is with me thru the long months of Winter, and the
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Earth shall lie fallow and bare.
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% The HPS shall then light the candles of the Crown of Light,
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% and shall approach the Maiden, who is now standing in the East, and
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% place it upon her head.
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% She shall now, in company with the Bard/Green Man, circumnabulate the
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% circle, and the coveners shall light their candles from her crown.
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% The Bard/Green Man shall return to his normal place within the circle
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% and the Maiden shall place the Crown of Light on the altar.
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% The Maiden shall then approach the Dark Lord, and kneel before him,
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% and he shall say:
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DARK LORD: As it always is, always was, and always shall be. Come to my
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Kingdom.
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% Here he shall place the dark cloak around her, and they shall retire
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% to the West.
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% Here ends the Candlemas Mystery.
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% A normal cone-of-power may be raised, for growth and healing:
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HPS: In a ring we all shall stand
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Pass the Power, hand to hand.
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HP: As the Sun is given birth
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Build the Power; root to Earth
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HPS: Pass the Power, hand to hand
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Bless the Lady, bless the Land
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HP: Bless the Lord, and bless the Skies
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Bless the Power that never dies!
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% The above four verses should be repeated three times, (or
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% as many times as needed) and then the HPS should say:
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HPS: By Fin and Feather, Leaf and Tree:
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Let the Power flow out and free!
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% All should release, at this point.
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% Such coven business as must be transacted may be done here.
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% This is a good time to bless candles for use during the coming year.
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% This is also a good time for initiations.
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% The Circle is opened.
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HPS: Thus I release the East and West
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Thanks to them from Host to Guest
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Thus I release the South and North
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With "Blessed Be' I send them forth!
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The Circle's open, dance we so
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Out and homeward we shall go.
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Earth and Water, Air and Fire
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Celebrated our desire.
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The Sun's returned to banish dark
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The Earth awakes to sunlight's spark.
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By Fin and Feather, Leaf and Tree,
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Our circle's done; and Blessed Be!
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COVEN: Blessed Be!
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% All spiral dance out from the Circle.
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EOSTAR RITUAL: (Spring Equinox)
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-by the White Bard
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Materials: a MAIDEN, who shall be dressed in white, covered by a
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black (or other dark material) cloak, preferably with
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a hood drawn over her head. No white of her garment
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should show.
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a BARD/GREEN MAN, who shall either recite or sing his
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Song Of Calling, preferably accompanied by an approp-
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riate musical instrument (drum, flute, harp, guitar)
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% The ceremony for the Lesser Sabbats should be written by newer
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% members of the coven, as part of their learning. At an appropriate
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% place in the ceremony, the following should be inserted:
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% Here begins the Eostar Mystery:
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% Bard and Maiden shall stand together in the North, with the HP
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between them.
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MAIDEN: I have been in the Kingdom of the Dark Lord,
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Where no Sun shines.
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But now I shall return to the green of Earth,
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And all things shall rejoice with me.
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BARD/GREEN MAN: Follow me forth from the Dark Lord's Hall
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And show that Love will conquer all!
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% Bard moves to the East, and shall sing his Song of Calling:
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% Song of Calling may be whatever the Bard feels appropriate.
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% The below listed song is a suggestion only, and is used with
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% the author's permission:
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THE BARD'S SONG
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(c) copyright 1990 W. J. Bethancourt III
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(Tune: "Dublin City")
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BARD: As I walked out one quiet evening
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At the hour of twelve at night
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Who should I meet but a fair young maiden
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Combin' her hair by candle light;
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Lassie, I have come a-courtin'
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Your kind favours for to win
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And if you'd heed my petition
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I would be your Paladin...
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(CHORUS) Gather roses in the Springtime
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Gather roses while ye may,
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Time is passing; roses wither;
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Winter comes; we're here -today-.
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% Bard moves to the South, Maiden moves to the East.
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BARD: Have you seen the dew a-formin'
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On the grass at early morn?
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Have you seen the forest quiet,
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Or a stag that's barely born?
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Have you seen the dawn a-breakin'
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O'er the Western Ocean's tide?
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Have you felt my heart a-beatin'
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When it's held close to your side?
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(CHORUS) Gather roses in the Springtime
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Gather roses while ye may,
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Time is passing; roses wither;
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Winter comes; we're here -today-.
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% Bard moves to the West, Maiden moves to the South.
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BARD: I can give no gold or silver,
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I can give no fields of land,
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I can give no servants brisk
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To wait on you both foot and hand;
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I can give you wide roads callin'
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Wind and Rain, and Moon and Sun,
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Songs to sing, and love and laughter,
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Dresses made of plain home-spun.
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(CHORUS) Gather roses in the Springtime
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Gather roses while ye may,
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Time is passing; roses wither;
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Winter comes; we're here -today-.
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% Bard moves to the North, Maiden moves to the West.
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BARD: Come dance with me upon the greensward
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In the moonlight, in the Spring.
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Dance with me within the forest
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Dance with me within the ring!
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Earth below us, stars above us,
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Fire and water by our side,
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Dance with me within the moonlight,
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Dance with me, and be my Bride!
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(CHORUS) Gather roses in the Springtime
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Gather roses while ye may,
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Time is passing; roses wither;
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Winter comes; we're here -today-.
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% Bard moves to the Center, Maiden moves to the North.
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% The HP shall try to hold her back, by holding her dark cloak,
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% but she shall unclasp it, and move to the center, leaving the
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% HP holding the cloak, revealing herself dressed in white, and
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% shall stand beside the Bard.
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MAIDEN: I have been in the Kingdom of the Dark Lord,
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Where no Sun shines.
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But now I return to the green of Earth,
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And all things shall rejoice with me.
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% The HPS shall crown the Maiden with a wreath of flowers.
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% Here ends the Eostar Mystery.
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THE DAY OF THE FOOL: April 1
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-by the White Bard
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% This day is not in the traditional cycle, but should not be
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% omitted by those of the Bardic Path. There is no "set" ritual,
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% but this is the time for satire and general foolery by all.
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% A good thing to do here is to have a simple gathering, perhaps
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% a pot-luck, choose a King and/or Queen of Fools, and have a
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% good party. See the German Fasching or Mardi Gras for hints.
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BELTANE RITUAL: May Day
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-by the White Bard
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Materials: One cauldron, filled with water
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a wreath of flowers for the MAIDEN
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the Maiden should wear white, if possible
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two wooden swords (optional)
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a fire, as close to the ground as possible
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A BARD/GREEN MAN (note: if you have no Bard, then a
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male to act as Green Man should be chosen either
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by lottery, or by the Maiden. The Maiden is, of
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course, free to request a specific person to
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act as Green Man even if there is a Bard available
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to the coven.)
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candles for all, if possible
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% The place of ritual should be set up, away from the gathered
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% participants.
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% It is more than a good idea to manage bathrooms and such like
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% before the circle is closed. This Mystery is not something any
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% of the participants should miss out on!
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HPS: Go we now to the sacred place
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And stand within the sacred space
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Turn your minds to sacred things
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And dance with me unto the ring!
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% HP and HPS lead the coven to the place of ritual by a
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% spiral dance, ending in a circle around the altar. The
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% cauldron should be at the south. The Bard/Green Man
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% dances at the end of the line.
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HPS: Come we forth, with the Spiral Dance
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Within the Lady's radiance
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To celebrate the Year renewed
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And praise the Powers, with gratitude.
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Earth and Water, Fire and Air
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I invoke the Goddess there!
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This night we are Between the Worlds
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To celebrate the year unfurled!
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HP: Earth and Water, Fire and Sky
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I invoke the God on high
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This night we are Between the Worlds
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To celebrate the year unfurled!
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% The corners shall be called thusly, that all may hear, but
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% shall not be called until the HPS reaches that corner on her
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% circumnabulation.
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EAST: O Guardians of the Eastern Tower,
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Airy ones of healing power
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I do summon, stir and call you
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See these rites and guard this circle!
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Come to us and heed our call!
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By the Power that made us all;
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By the Power that blesses Thee:
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Come to us; and Blessed Be!
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SOUTH: Oh fiery ones of Southern Power
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Thus I invite you to this tower
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I do summon, stir and call you
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See these rites and guard this circle!
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Come to us and heed our call!
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By the Power that made us all;
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By the Power that blesses Thee:
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Come to us; and Blessed Be!
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WEST: Western ones of water's flow
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Help to guard us here below
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I do summon, stir and call you
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See these rites and guard this circle!
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Come to us and heed our call!
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By the Power that made us all;
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By the Power that blesses Thee:
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Come to us; and Blessed Be!
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NORTH: Earthen ones of Northern fame
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Bless and guard our Power's fane
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I do summon, stir and call you
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See these rites and guard this circle!
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Come to us and heed our call!
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By the Power that made us all;
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By the Power that blesses Thee:
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Come to us; and Blessed Be!
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% The HPS shall move to each corner, and say, following each
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% corner's crying as she moves to the next:
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HPS: So I cast and consecrate
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This Circle of the small and great:
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By Fin and Feather, Leaf and Tree,
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By Rock and Earth, by Land and Sea,
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By Fire and Water, Earth and Air,
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By the Lord, and Lady Fair!
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By Love and Joy and Work and Play,
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All things harmful cast away!
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By lightening's flash, and rain's soft fall,
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By the Power that made us all;
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By the Power that blesses Thee:
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(Cast the Circle: Blessed be!)
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% On her return to the first corner she shall change the last
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% line above, and say:
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The Circle's cast; and Blessed Be!
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% The callers of the corners shall return their tools to the
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altar, and then shall join the circle at their corners.
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% Here begins the Beltane Mystery
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BARD or GREEN MAN: Thus I invoke the Lady White
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To come to us this sacred night.
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By Fin and Feather, Leaf and Tree,
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I show you a Mystery!
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% The Maiden shall stand beside the HP, who shall hold a
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% wooden sword. The Bard/Green Man shall approach them, also
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% carrying a wooden sword, and shall, in mime, challenge the
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% HP. They shall strike their swords together in three sets
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% of three blows, then Bard/Green Man shall strike the HP, with
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% the last blow of his sword, who shall fall as if dead.
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% (Note: This can be played as a Morris Dance, if so wished.)
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% If no Maiden and Bard/Green Man are used, then the above combat
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% may be eliminated, and the HP and HPS shall enact the Mystery.
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% The HPS' part shall then be spoken by the participants.
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% The Maiden moves to the East. The Bard/Green Man moves to the
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% North.
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HPS: Cunning and art she did not lack
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But aye his whistle would fetch her back!
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MAIDEN: Oh, I shall go into a hare
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with sorrow, sighing and mickle care
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And I shall go in the Lady's Name
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Aye, until I be fetched hame!
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BARD/GREEN MAN: Hare, take heed of a swift greyhound
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Will harry thee all these fields around
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For here come I in the Lady's Name
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All but for to fetch thee hame!
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% The Maiden moves to the South. The Bard/Green Man moves to the
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% East.
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HPS: Cunning and art she did not lack
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But aye his whistle would fetch her back!
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MAIDEN: Yet I shall go into a bee
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With mickle fear and dread of thee
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And flit to hive in the Lady's Name
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Ere that I be fetch-ed hame!
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BARD/GREEN MAN: Bee, take heed of a red, red cock
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Will harry thee close thru door and lock
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For here come I in the Lady's Name
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All but for to fetch thee hame!
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% The Maiden moves to the West. The Bard/Green Man moves to the
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% South.
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HPS: Cunning and art she did not lack
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But aye his whistle would fetch her back!
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MAIDEN: Yet I shall go into a trout.
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With sorrow and sighing and mickle doubt
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And show thee many a merry game
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Ere that I be fetch-ed hame!
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BARD/GREEN MAN: Trout, take heed of an otter lank
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Will harry thee close from bank to bank
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For here come I in the Lady's Name
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All but for to fetch thee hame!
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% The Maiden moves to the North. The Bard/Green Man moves to the
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% West.
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HPS: Cunning and art she did not lack
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But aye his whistle would fetch her back!
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MAIDEN: Yet I shall go into a mouse
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And haste me unto the Miller's House
|
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There in his corn to have good game
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Ere that I be fetch-ed hame!
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BARD/GREEN MAN: Mouse, take heed of a white tom-cat
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That never was baulked of mouse nor rat
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For here come I in the Lady's Name
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And -thus- it is I fetch thee hame!
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% Bard/Green Man walks to Maiden and takes her hand. They
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% both move to the Cauldron, and face HPS.
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HPS: Cunning and art she did not lack
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But aye his Song has fetched her back!
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|
Old Winter's dead, the Lady reigns
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And Summer has returned again!
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% Bard/Green Man and Maiden both wet their hands with water
|
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% from the Cauldron, and sprinkle it on the HP, who comes to
|
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% life again.
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HP: Cunning and art I do not lack
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|
But aye Her Cauldron will bring me back!
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|
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% Bard/Green Man and Maiden both move to, and jump, the fire.
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% Here ends the Beltane Mystery.
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% Note: This Mystery is the more historically correct "Great Rite."
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% If there is a May Pole, it should be erected by the men -only- at
|
|
% this point, and all dance around it, alternating male and female
|
|
% to raise the cone of power as outlined below.
|
|
% A normal cone-of-power may be raised, for growth and healing:
|
|
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|
HPS: In a ring we all shall stand
|
|
Pass the Power, hand to hand.
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|
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|
HP: As the year is given birth
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|
Build the Power; root to Earth
|
|
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|
HPS: Pass the Power, hand to hand
|
|
Bless the Lady, bless the Land
|
|
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|
HP: Bless the Lord, and bless the Skies
|
|
Bless the Power that never dies!
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|
|
|
% The above four verses should be repeated three times, (or
|
|
% as many as needed to fully wrap the pole) and then the HPS
|
|
% should say:
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|
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|
HPS: By Fin and Feather, Leaf and Tree:
|
|
Let the Power flow out and free!
|
|
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|
% All should release, at this point.
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|
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|
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% Such coven business as must be transacted may be done here.
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|
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% The Circle is opened.
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|
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|
HPS: Thus I release the East and West
|
|
Thanks to them from Host to Guest
|
|
Thus I release the South and North
|
|
With "Blessed Be' I send them forth!
|
|
The Circle's open, dance we so
|
|
Out and homeward we shall go.
|
|
Earth and Water, Air and Fire
|
|
Celebrated our desire.
|
|
Winter's cold is gone away
|
|
Now it is the Day of May.
|
|
By Fin and Feather, Leaf and Tree,
|
|
Our circle's done; and Blessed Be!
|
|
|
|
COVEN: Blessed Be!
|
|
|
|
% All spiral dance out from the Circle, jumping the fire as
|
|
% they go. HP and HPS lead, with Bard/Green Man and Maiden
|
|
% taking care of bringing the Bel Fire into camp. Allow the Bel
|
|
% fire to burn out on its own, if possible, otherwise put it
|
|
% out with the water from the Caldron. Disposal of the water
|
|
% otherwise should be to pour it at the roots of a tree.
|
|
% All participants may take fire from the Bel Fire to take home
|
|
% with them, cook over, or whatever, before it is extinguished.
|
|
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|
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|
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|
MIDSUMMER RITUAL: (Summer Solstice)
|
|
-by the White Bard
|
|
|
|
Materials: a GREEN MAN, dressed in green, bearing a leafy branch.
|
|
Small cakes, and a drink of some sort, preferably apple
|
|
based. For covens that use alcohol, mead would be ok, too.
|
|
|
|
% The ceremony for the Lesser Sabbats should be written by newer
|
|
% members of the coven, as part of their learning. At an appropriate
|
|
% place in the ceremony, the following should be inserted:
|
|
|
|
HPS: This is the time of the Green Man; the Jack-of-the-Green; the
|
|
Spirit of the Wood. Call him what you will, Robin Hood, Herne,
|
|
or even Pan, this is His time! Rejoice in Summer!
|
|
|
|
% The Green Man should rush into the circle, laughing and leaping.
|
|
% It would be appropriate for him to carry a leafy branch, with
|
|
% which to strike (lightly) the young women of the coven.
|
|
% He shall then approach the cakes and drink, and pick one of each
|
|
% up, hold them up to the coven, and say:
|
|
|
|
GREEN MAN: Behold the fruits of the Mother!
|
|
|
|
HP/HPS: Blessed be the food that nourishes us!
|
|
|
|
% All should sit, and eat, and have a nice, quiet party of some sort!
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
LAMMAS RITUAL: 1 August
|
|
-by the White Bard
|
|
|
|
Materials: one person should be chosen by the HP to play LUGH,
|
|
who shall walk with an obvious limp. He may use a
|
|
crutch, or a cane if he so chooses.
|
|
|
|
*****************************************
|
|
|
|
% The place of ritual should be set up, away from the
|
|
gathered participants.
|
|
% It is more than a good idea to manage bathrooms and such like
|
|
% before the circle is closed. This Mystery is not something any
|
|
% of the participants should miss out on!
|
|
|
|
HPS: Go we now to the sacred place
|
|
And stand within the sacred space
|
|
Turn your minds to sacred things
|
|
And dance with me unto the ring!
|
|
|
|
% HP and HPS lead the coven to the place of ritual by a
|
|
% spiral dance, ending in a circle around the altar.
|
|
|
|
HPS: Come we forth, with the Spiral Dance
|
|
Within the Lady's radiance
|
|
To celebrate the Season's turn
|
|
To Autumn, when the leaves will burn
|
|
|
|
Earth and Water, Fire and Air
|
|
I invoke the Goddess there!
|
|
This night we are Between the Worlds
|
|
To celebrate the year unfurled!
|
|
|
|
HP: Earth and Water, Fire and Sky
|
|
I invoke the God on high
|
|
This night we are Between the Worlds
|
|
To celebrate the year unfurled!
|
|
|
|
% The corners shall be called thusly, that all may hear, but
|
|
% shall not be called until the HPS reaches that corner on her
|
|
% circumnabulation.
|
|
|
|
EAST: O Guardians of the Eastern Tower,
|
|
Airy ones of healing power
|
|
I do summon, stir and call you
|
|
See these rites and guard this circle!
|
|
|
|
Come to us and heed our call!
|
|
By the Power that made us all;
|
|
By the Power that blesses Thee:
|
|
Come to us; and Blessed Be!
|
|
|
|
SOUTH: Oh fiery ones of Southern Power
|
|
Thus I invite you to this tower
|
|
I do summon, stir and call you
|
|
See these rites and guard this circle!
|
|
|
|
Come to us and heed our call!
|
|
By the Power that made us all;
|
|
By the Power that blesses Thee:
|
|
Come to us; and Blessed Be!
|
|
|
|
WEST: Western ones of water's flow
|
|
Help to guard us here below
|
|
I do summon, stir and call you
|
|
See these rites and guard this circle!
|
|
|
|
Come to us and heed our call!
|
|
By the Power that made us all;
|
|
By the Power that blesses Thee:
|
|
Come to us; and Blessed Be!
|
|
|
|
NORTH: Earthen ones of Northern fame
|
|
Bless and guard our Power's fane
|
|
I do summon, stir and call you
|
|
See these rites and guard this circle!
|
|
|
|
Come to us and heed our call!
|
|
By the Power that made us all;
|
|
By the Power that blesses Thee:
|
|
Come to us; and Blessed Be!
|
|
|
|
% The HPS shall move to each corner, and say, following each
|
|
% corner's crying as she moves to the next:
|
|
|
|
HPS: So I cast and consecrate
|
|
This Circle of the small and great:
|
|
By Fin and Feather, Leaf and Tree,
|
|
By Rock and Earth, by Land and Sea,
|
|
By Fire and Water, Earth and Air,
|
|
By the Lord, and Lady Fair!
|
|
By Love and Joy and Work and Play,
|
|
All things harmful cast away!
|
|
By lightening's flash, and rain's soft fall,
|
|
By the Power that made us all;
|
|
By the Power that blesses Thee:
|
|
(Cast the Circle: Blessed be!)
|
|
|
|
% On her return to the first corner she shall change the last
|
|
% line above, and say:
|
|
|
|
The Circle's cast; and Blessed Be!
|
|
|
|
% The callers of the corners shall return their tools to the
|
|
altar, and then shall join the circle at their corners.
|
|
|
|
--------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
% Here begins the Lammas Mystery
|
|
|
|
HPS: Thus I invoke the Lady White
|
|
To come to us this sacred night.
|
|
By Fin and Feather, Leaf and Tree,
|
|
I show you a Mystery!
|
|
|
|
% A small meal of bread and some form of beverage should be
|
|
% laid out, and all should partake. As all are eating, Lugh
|
|
% shall approach the circle, and say:
|
|
|
|
LUGH: Merry meet to all! May I enter the circle?
|
|
|
|
HPS: And what talent do you have, that we do not?
|
|
|
|
LUGH: I am a Smith, to make tools and weapons.
|
|
|
|
HPS: We have Govannon, to make our tools and weapons. Go away.
|
|
|
|
LUGH: I am a Shaman, to offer the Sight Within.
|
|
|
|
HPS: Any of us can do that. Go away.
|
|
|
|
LUGH: I am a Farmer, to grow your food.
|
|
|
|
HPS: We have the Young God and the Maiden, to set our food to
|
|
grow. We have no need of you. Go away.
|
|
|
|
LUGH: I am a Warrior, to defend you.
|
|
|
|
HPS: We have those of the Warrior Path, and their valor is
|
|
unquestioned. Go away.
|
|
|
|
LUGH: I am a Bard, to sing you songs and make you merry.
|
|
|
|
HPS: We have a Bard. Go away.
|
|
|
|
LUGH: I have Wisdom to impart.
|
|
|
|
HPS: We have the Old God and the Crone. Go away.
|
|
|
|
LUGH: I am a Fisherman, to harvest the waters.
|
|
|
|
HPS: Any of us can catch fish. Go away.
|
|
|
|
LUGH: I am a Satirist and maker of jokes, to give laughter.
|
|
|
|
HPS: The Fool gives us humor. Go away.
|
|
|
|
LUGH: But do you have one who is ALL of these? For I am Lugh,
|
|
the Ruler, the Singer, the Long-Sighted, the Craftsman,
|
|
and all Talents are as ONE with me.
|
|
|
|
HPS: This we do not have, indeed, and you are Lugh Samildanach.
|
|
Enter and be welcome!
|
|
|
|
% The HPS shall open the circle and Lugh shall enter and be seated
|
|
% with the company. Lugh shall -limp- when he walks, and shall
|
|
% walk, and sit, in obvious pain.
|
|
% He should look around him, as if expecting something.
|
|
% If none within the circle asks why he is limping, or otherwise
|
|
% expresses concern, the Maiden shall say:
|
|
|
|
MAIDEN: Sir, why do you limp? Are you injured?
|
|
|
|
LUGH: You have asked The Question, and I thank you. Seek you the
|
|
Cauldron of Healing, the Cauldron of Cerridwen, for my time
|
|
grows short, but from it I shall be re-born.
|
|
|
|
----------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
% Here ends the Lammas Mystery
|
|
% A normal cone-of-power may be raised, for growth and healing:
|
|
|
|
HPS: In a ring we all shall stand
|
|
Pass the Power, hand to hand.
|
|
|
|
HP: As the year is given birth
|
|
Build the Power; root to Earth
|
|
|
|
HPS: Pass the Power, hand to hand
|
|
Bless the Lady, bless the Land
|
|
|
|
HP: Bless the Lord, and bless the Skies
|
|
Bless the Power that never dies!
|
|
|
|
% The above four verses should be repeated three times, (or
|
|
% as many as needed) and then the HPS should say:
|
|
|
|
HPS: By Fin and Feather, Leaf and Tree:
|
|
Let the Power flow out and free!
|
|
|
|
% All should release, at this point.
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
% Such coven business as must be transacted may be done here.
|
|
|
|
------------------------------------------------------
|
|
% The Circle is opened.
|
|
|
|
HPS: Thus I release the East and West
|
|
Thanks to them from Host to Guest
|
|
Thus I release the South and North
|
|
With "Blessed Be' I send them forth!
|
|
The Circle's open, dance we so
|
|
Out and homeward we shall go.
|
|
Earth and Water, Air and Fire
|
|
Celebrated our desire.
|
|
As Autumn leaves fall as the rain
|
|
The seasons' turning, once again.
|
|
By Fin and Feather, Leaf and Tree,
|
|
Our circle's done; and Blessed Be!
|
|
|
|
COVEN: Blessed Be!
|
|
|
|
% All spiral dance out from the Circle. Lugh shall follow
|
|
% at the end of the line.
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
RITUAL: (Fall Equinox)
|
|
-by the White Bard
|
|
|
|
Materials: An OLD KING
|
|
|
|
% The ceremony for the Lesser Sabbats should be written by newer
|
|
% members of the coven, as part of their learning. At an appropriate
|
|
% place in the ceremony, the following should be inserted:
|
|
|
|
% The Old King shall move in a feeble manner to the West, and say:
|
|
|
|
OLD KING: I am aged, and I approach my Time. Help me, lest I die!
|
|
|
|
CRONE: There is no help for you, for all must travel that road.
|
|
|
|
% The Old King shall then turn to the assembled coven, and say:
|
|
|
|
OLD KING: Seek ye the Cauldron! Seek ye the Grail! It shall heal me
|
|
And bring me forth again.
|
|
|
|
% Here a song may be sung, and "John Barleycorn" would be most
|
|
% appropriate:
|
|
|
|
JOHN BARLEYCORN
|
|
-Traditional
|
|
|
|
There were three men come out of the West
|
|
Their fortunes for to try,
|
|
And these three men made a solemn vow:
|
|
John Barleycorn should die!
|
|
John Barleycorn should die!
|
|
(nb: 4th line of each verse is sung twice)
|
|
|
|
They plowed, they sowed, they harrowed him in,
|
|
Threw clods upon his head,
|
|
And these three men made a solemn vow:
|
|
John Barleycorn was dead!
|
|
|
|
CHORUS: Fa la la la, it's a lovely day!
|
|
Sing fa la la lay oh!
|
|
Fa la la la, it's a lovely day!
|
|
Sing fa la la lay oh!
|
|
|
|
They let him lie for a very long time
|
|
'Til the rain from Heaven did fall,
|
|
Then Little Sir John sprung up his head,
|
|
And so amazed them all!
|
|
|
|
They let him stand 'til Midsummer tide,
|
|
'Til he grew both pale and wan,
|
|
Then Little Sir John he grew a long beard,
|
|
And so became a man!
|
|
|
|
They hired men with the sythes so sharp
|
|
To cut him off at the knee
|
|
They rolled him and tied him about the waist,
|
|
And used him barbarously!
|
|
|
|
They hired men with the sharp pitchforks
|
|
To pierce him to the heart,
|
|
And the loader he served him worse than that,
|
|
For he tied him in a cart!
|
|
|
|
They wheeled him around and around the field,
|
|
'Til they came to a barn,
|
|
And there they made a solemn mow
|
|
Of poor John Barleycorn,
|
|
|
|
They hired men with the crab-tree sticks
|
|
To strip him skin from bone
|
|
And the Miller he served him worse than that:
|
|
For he ground him between two stones!
|
|
|
|
They have wheeled him here and wheeled him there
|
|
And wheeled him to a barn,
|
|
And they have served him worse than that
|
|
They have bunged him in a vat!
|
|
|
|
They have worked their will on John Barleycorn
|
|
But he lived to tell the tale;
|
|
For they pour him out of an old brown jug,
|
|
And they call him home-brewed ale!
|
|
|
|
Here's Little Sir John in a nut-brown bowl,
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And brandy in a glass!
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And Little Sir John in the nut-brown bowl
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Proved the stronger man at last!
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For the huntsman he can't hunt the fox
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Nor loudly blow his horn,
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And the tinker can't mend kettles nor pots
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Without John Barleycorn!
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SAMHAIN RITUAL: 31 October
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-by the White Bard
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Materials: one cauldron, filled with water
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CRONE: This should be an older female.
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OLD KING: This should be a person chosen by
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lottery, or by whoever is acting as
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Crone. It can be enacted by the HP
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if needed.
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BARD/GREEN MAN: If the coven has no Bard available,
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then a Green Man should be chosen
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by lottery, or by whoever is acting
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as Maiden. It can be enacted by the
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HP, if needed.
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% The place of ritual should be set up, away from the gathered
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% participants. This is not something that people should miss,
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% so make sure that potty break is taken care of before the
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% circle is cast.
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HPS: Go we now to the sacred place
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And stand within the sacred space
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Turn your minds to sacred things
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And dance with me unto the ring!
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% HP and HPS lead the coven to the place of ritual by a
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% spiral dance, ending in a circle around the altar. The
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% cauldron should be at the south. The Old King dances at
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% the end of the line.
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HPS: Come we forth, with the Spiral Dance
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Within the Lady's radiance
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To mark the turning of the year
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The door to Winter now is here.
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Earth and Water, Fire and Air
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I invoke the Goddess there!
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This night we are Between the Worlds
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To celebrate the year unfurled!
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HP: Earth and Water, Fire and Sky
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I invoke the God on high
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This night we are Between the Worlds
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To celebrate the year unfurled!
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% The corners shall be called thusly, that all may hear, but
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% shall not be called until the HPS reaches that corner on her
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% circumnabulation.
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EAST: O Guardians of the Eastern Tower,
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Airy ones of healing power
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I do summon, stir and call you
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See these rites and guard this circle!
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Come to us and heed our call!
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By the Power that made us all;
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By the Power that blesses Thee:
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Come to us; and Blessed Be!
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SOUTH: Oh fiery ones of Southern Power
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Thus I invite you to this tower
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I do summon, stir and call you
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See these rites and guard this circle!
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Come to us and heed our call!
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By the Power that made us all;
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By the Power that blesses Thee:
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Come to us; and Blessed Be!
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WEST: Western ones of water's flow
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Help to guard us here below
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I do summon, stir and call you
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See these rites and guard this circle!
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Come to us and heed our call!
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By the Power that made us all;
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By the Power that blesses Thee:
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Come to us; and Blessed Be!
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NORTH: Earthen ones of Northern fame
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Bless and guard our Power's fane
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I do summon, stir and call you
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See these rites and guard this circle!
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Come to us and heed our call!
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By the Power that made us all;
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By the Power that blesses Thee:
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Come to us; and Blessed Be!
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% The HPS shall move to each corner, and say, following each
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% corner's crying as she moves to the next:
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HPS: So I cast and consecrate
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This Circle of the small and great:
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By Fin and Feather, Leaf and Tree,
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By Rock and Earth, by Land and Sea,
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By Fire and Water, Earth and Air,
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By the Lord, and Lady Fair!
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By Love and Joy and Work and Play,
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All things harmful cast away!
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By lightening's flash, and rain's soft fall,
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By the Power that made us all;
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By the Power that blesses Thee:
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(Cast the Circle: Blessed be!)
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% On her return to the first corner she shall change the last
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% line above, and say:
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The Circle's cast; and Blessed Be!
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% The callers of the corners shall return their tools to the
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altar, and then shall join the circle at their corners.
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% Here begins the Samhain Mystery:
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OLD KING: Thus I invoke the Lady White
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To come to us this sacred night.
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By Fin and Feather, Leaf and Tree,
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I shall show you a Mystery!
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% Bard/Green Man and Maiden join hands, facing each other.
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% The Maiden speaks to the Bard/Green Man:
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MAIDEN: Lord of Life, hail Land-Master!
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God of grain that grows and dies
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Rising reborn, full of richness;
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Fallow fields shall yet be fertile --
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Spring sap runs as stirs your manhood
|
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Bless barren earth, bear fruit again!
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% The Bard/Green Man speaks to Maiden:
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BARD/GREEN MAN: Snow-shoes striding, hail swift Huntress!
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Wild one, free and willful Goddess
|
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Bow and blade you bear beside you,
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Finding food to fend off hunger --
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Winter will not leave us wanting;
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Give good hunting, grant us skill.
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|
% The Old King moves to the West. The Crone moves to the
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% North.
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HP: Cunning and art he did not lack
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But aye her whistle would fetch him back!
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OLD KING: Yet I shall go into a trout.
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With sorrow and sighing and mickle doubt
|
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And show thee many a merry game
|
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Ere that I be fetch-ed hame!
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CRONE: Trout, take heed of an otter lank
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Will harry thee close from bank to bank
|
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For here come I in the Lady's Name
|
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All but for to fetch thee hame!
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|
% The Old King moves to the South. The Crone moves to the West.
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HP: Cunning and art he did not lack
|
|
But aye her whistle would fetch him back!
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OLD KING: Yet I shall go into a bee
|
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With mickle fear and dread of thee
|
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And flit to hive in the Lady's Name
|
|
Ere that I be fetch-ed hame!
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CRONE: Bee, take heed of a red, red cock
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Will harry thee close thru door and lock
|
|
For here come I in the Lady's Name
|
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All but for to fetch thee hame!
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|
|
|
% The Old King moves to the East. The Crone moves to the South.
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|
|
HP: Cunning and art he did not lack
|
|
But aye her whistle would fetch him back!
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OLD KING: Oh, I shall go into a hare
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with sorrow, sighing and mickle care
|
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And I shall go in the Lady's Name
|
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Aye, until I be fetch-ed hame!
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CRONE: Hare, take heed of a swift greyhound
|
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Will harry thee all these fields around
|
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For here come I in the Lady's Name
|
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All but for to fetch thee hame!
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|
|
|
% The Old King moves to the North. The Crone moves to the East.
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|
|
HP: Cunning and art he did not lack
|
|
But aye her whistle would fetch him back!
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|
OLD KING: Yet I shall go into a mouse
|
|
And haste me unto the Miller's House
|
|
There in his corn to have good game
|
|
Ere that I be fetch-ed hame!
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|
CRONE: Mouse, take heed of a white she-cat
|
|
That never was baulked of mouse nor rat
|
|
For here come I in the Lady's Name
|
|
And -thus- it is I fetch thee hame!
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|
|
|
% Crone walks to Old King and takes his hand. He falls as if
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% dead.
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HPS: Cunning and art he did not lack
|
|
But aye Her Song has fetched Him back!
|
|
|
|
Summer's gone, the Lady reigns
|
|
And Winter has returned again!
|
|
|
|
% Maiden wets her hands with water from the Cauldron, and
|
|
% sprinkles it on the Old King, who comes to life again.
|
|
|
|
OK: Cunning and art I do not lack
|
|
But aye Her Cauldron will bring me back!
|
|
|
|
% The Crone and Old King shall join hands, facing each other,
|
|
% and say:
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|
|
|
CRONE: One-eye, Wanderer, God of wisdom,
|
|
Hunt-lord, hail, who leads the hosting!
|
|
Nine nights hanging, knowledge gaining,
|
|
Cloaked at crossroads, council hidden.
|
|
Now the night, your time, is near us --
|
|
Right roads send us on, Rune-winner.
|
|
|
|
OLD KING: Every age your eyes have witnessed;
|
|
Cauldron-Keeper, hail wise Crone!
|
|
Rede in riddles is your ration --
|
|
Wyrd-weaver at the World-tree's root.
|
|
Eldest ancient, all-knowing one,
|
|
Speak unto us, send us vision!
|
|
|
|
% Here the HPS should say:
|
|
|
|
HPS: We remember our dead; our loved ones gone to the Summerland before
|
|
us. Give them peace and joy.
|
|
|
|
ALL: Blessed be!
|
|
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|
% If there is time enough, the HPS and/or a selected member(s) of the
|
|
% coven should read aloud the "Roll of Martyrs." Note: This listing
|
|
% is copyrighted, and used by the author's permission.
|
|
% The reader shall say:
|
|
|
|
READER: Never again the Burning Times! Let us remember our dead,
|
|
good and bad, innocent and guilty:
|
|
|
|
% Follows is the Roll of Martyrs. This may be read aloud, or may be
|
|
% placed in written form upon the altar as the above words are said.
|
|
|
|
Abageda, Abametcha: executed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for murder, 1999
|
|
`Abd al-Karim Mara`i al-Naqshabandi: age forty, executed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,13 December, 1996
|
|
d'Aubray, Marie-Madeleine (Marquise de Brinvilliers): burned alive Place de Greve, Paris, 1676.
|
|
Adams, Thomas: executed in Pittenweem, Scotland in 1704
|
|
Adamson, Francis: executed at Durham, England, in 1652
|
|
Agato (wife): burned at Gric, Croatia 1704
|
|
Albano, Peter of: died in prison circa 1310
|
|
Alenchena, Shenfo: executed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for murder, 1999
|
|
Alderman, Anne: of Chattisham; hanged at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England 27 August 1645.
|
|
Allen, Joan: hanged at the Old Bailey, London, England, in 1650
|
|
Allen, Jonet: burned in Scotland in 1661
|
|
Altseer, Simon (date unknown): Munich, Germany
|
|
Amalaric, Madeline: burned in France in mid-1500's
|
|
Ancker, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Andrius, Barthelemy: burned at Carcassonne, France in 1330
|
|
Andrius, Jean: burned at Carcassonne, France in 1330
|
|
Andrius, Phillippe: burned at Carcassonne, France in 1330
|
|
Arnold, (first name unknown): hanged at Barking, England, in 1574
|
|
Ariens, Marrigje: Burned 1591 in Schoonhoven, Holland.
|
|
Arista, Josephine: burned at the stake in Ojinaga Mexico, July 3, 1955
|
|
�rnason, Sveinn: burned in Arnger�areyri in the Westfjords, Iceland in 1683
|
|
Ashby, Anne: hanged at Maidstone, England, in July, 1652
|
|
Askew, Anne: burned for witchcraft 1546
|
|
Audibert, Etienne: condemned for witchcraft in France, on 20 March 1619
|
|
Aupetit, Pierre: burned at Bordeaux, France, in 1598
|
|
Baarsen, Quiwe: sentenced to be burned at Hasv�g, Norway, on 11 May 1627
|
|
Babel, Zuickel: beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Babel, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Bacon, Mary: of Chattisham; hanged at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England 27 August 1645.
|
|
Bedran, Margareta: burned at Gric, Croatia 1698
|
|
Benekovic, Ursa: burned at Gric, Croatia 1698
|
|
Baguely, Mary: hung at Chester, England, 1675
|
|
Baker, Anne: executed in Leicester, England, in 1619
|
|
Balcoin, Marie: burned in the reign of Henry IV of France
|
|
Balfour, Alison: burned at Edinburgh, Scotland, on 16 December, 1594
|
|
Bannach, (husband) (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Bannach, (wife) (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Barber, Mary: executed in Northhampton, England, on 22 July, 1612
|
|
Barclay, Margaret: Scotland, 1684
|
|
Barker, Janet: burned in Scotland in 1643
|
|
Baroni, Catterina: beheaded and burned at Castelnovo, Italy, on 14 April, 1647
|
|
Barthe, Angela de la: burned at Toulouse, France, in 1275
|
|
Barton, William: executed in Scotland (year unknown)
|
|
Basser, Fredrick: beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Bateman, Mary: Yorkshire, England, 20 March, 1808
|
|
Batsch, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Baunach, (first name unknown): executed at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Bauer, Stephan: executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1630
|
|
Bayerin, Anna: executed at Salzburg, Austria, in 1751
|
|
Bean, Margrat: executed at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1597
|
|
Beaumont, Sieur de: accused of witchcraft on 21 October, 1596
|
|
Bebelin, Gabriel: beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Beck, Viertel: beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Beck, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Belon, Jean: executed in France, in 1597
|
|
Benkovic Brckovic, Magda: burned in Zagrebacka zupanija, Croatia 1751
|
|
Berger, Christopher: beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Berrye, Agnes: hanged at Enfield, England, in 1616
|
|
Besenic, Ursa: burned at Varazdinske Toplice, Croatia 1585
|
|
Bennet, Elizabeth: executed in St. Osyth, England in 1582
|
|
Bentz, (mother) (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Bentz, (daughter) (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Beuchel, Anna: burned at Waldsee, Germany, in 1581
|
|
Beutler, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Bill, Arthur: executed in Northhampton, England, on 22 July, 1612
|
|
Billington, Isabella: hanged and burnt at York, England, in 1650
|
|
Billington, (husband of Isabella): hanged and burnt at York, England, in 1650
|
|
Bilskup, Katarina: burned at Belska zupa, Croatia 1743
|
|
Birenseng, Agata: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 25 June, 1594
|
|
Bishop, Briget: hanged at Salem, New England on 10 June, 1692
|
|
Biskup, Barbara: burned at Belska zupa, Croatia 1742
|
|
Bjarnason, Egill: burned in Tr�kyllisv�k, Strandir, Iceland in 1654
|
|
Bjarnason, Magn�s: burned in 1675 in Iceland
|
|
Bjarnason, Bjarni: burned at �ingvellir, Iceland in 1677
|
|
Blackbourne, Mary: of Great Yarmouth; hanged in England ca 1647
|
|
Blasic, Doroteja: burned in Zagrebacka zupanija, Croatia 1751
|
|
Boanes (or Boones), Joyce: hanged at St Osyth, England ca. 1645
|
|
Bodenham, Anne: hanged at Salisbury, England, in 1653
|
|
Bogdan Fumic, Barbara: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1733
|
|
Boleyn, Anne: beheaded at London, England on 19 May 1536
|
|
Bolingbroke, Roger: hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, England, on 18 November, 1441
|
|
Bonnet, Jean: burned alive at Boissy-en-Ferez, France, in 1583
|
|
Boram, (mother) (first name unknown): hung at Bury St Edmunds, England, in 1655
|
|
Boram, (daughter) (first name unknown): hung at Bury St Edmunds, England, in 1655
|
|
Bosse, Marie (and her children - no names given): burned alive in Place de Greve, Paris in 1682
|
|
Boulay, Anne: burned at Nancy, France, in 1620
|
|
Boulle, Thomas: burned alive at Rouen, France, on 21 August, 1647
|
|
Bowman, Janet: burned in Scotland in 1572
|
|
Brack, (first name unknown, the wife of Heinrich): executed on August 25, l663, Lindheim, Germany.
|
|
Bradwell, Elizabeth: of Great Yarmouth; hanged in England ca 1647
|
|
Bragadini, Mark Antony: beheaded in Italy in the 1500's
|
|
Bretton, Hellen: hanged at Kirby, England ca 1645
|
|
Brickmann, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Brigge, Mabel: executed in York, England,1538
|
|
Bright, Sarah: hanged at Manningtree, Essex, England ca 1645
|
|
Brigljevic, Katarina: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1733
|
|
Brigue, Jehane de: burned alive at the Pig Market in Paris on 19 August, 1391
|
|
Brose, Elizabeth: tortured to death in the castle of Gommern, Germany, on 4 November, 1660
|
|
Brown, Janet: burned in Scotland in 1643
|
|
Browne, Agnes: executed in Northhampton, England, on 22 July, 1612
|
|
Browne (Vaughan), Joan: executed in Northhampton, England, on 22 July, 1612
|
|
Browne, Mary: hanged at Maidstone, England, in July, 1652
|
|
Brooks, Jane: hanged in England on 26 March, 1658
|
|
Brugh, John: burned in Scotland in 1643
|
|
Brukec, Marijana: burned in Zagrebacka zupanija, Croatia 1751
|
|
Buckh, Appollonia: burned at Waldsee, Germany, in 1581
|
|
Bucklin, Elisabeth: executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1617
|
|
Bugler, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Bulcock, John: executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612
|
|
Bulcock, Jane: executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612
|
|
Bull, Edmund: hanged at Taunton, England, in 1631
|
|
Bulmer, Matthew: hanged at Newcastle, England, in 1649
|
|
Buncekovica, Mara: burned at Gric, Croatia 1743
|
|
Bunot, Leon: murdered in France by Victor Delorme on 26 Nov., 1948
|
|
Bure, Anna Israelsdotter: about 45 years old, wife of Peter Eriksson Snifs, beheaded at G�vle, Sweden 6 March 1675
|
|
Burroughs, George: executed at Salem, New England, on 19 August, 1692
|
|
Bursten-Binderin, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628 - 1629
|
|
Cade (Cate) aka Maidenhead, Anne: hanged at Great Holland, Essex, England ca. 1645
|
|
Calles, Helen: executed at Braynford, England, on 1 December, 1595
|
|
Camelli, Domenica: beheaded and burned at Castelnovo, Italy, on 14 April, 1647
|
|
Canon, Brita, wife of Hans Johansson: beheaded and burned G�vle, Sweden 6 March 1675
|
|
Canzler, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
|
|
Cardien, Joan: executed at Faversham, Kent, England, on 29 Sept. 1645
|
|
Carre, Henry: of Rattlesden; died in jail at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England ca 1645
|
|
Carrier, Martha: executed at Salem, New England, on 19 August, 1692
|
|
Carrington, John (husband): executed at Wethersfield, Connecticut on 20 February, 1650
|
|
Carrington, Joanna (wife): executed at Wethersfield, Connecticut on 20 February, 1650
|
|
Caveden, Lucia: beheaded and burned at Castelnovo, Italy, on 14 April, 1647
|
|
Cemola, Zinevra: beheaded and burned at Castelnovo, Italy, on 14 April, 1647
|
|
Cendrekovic, Barbara: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1734
|
|
Cherrie, (first name unknown): of Thrapston, Northamtonshire, England; died in prison on the day he was due to stand trial 1646
|
|
Challiot, (first name unknown): murdered at St. Georges, France, in February, 1922
|
|
Chalmers, Bessie: tried for witchcraft in Inverkiething, Scotland 1621
|
|
Chambers, (first name unknown): died in prison, in England, in 1693
|
|
Chamoulliard, (first name unknown): burned in France, in 1597
|
|
de Chantraine, Anne: burned as a witch in Waret-la-Chaussee, France, on October 17, 1622
|
|
Chatto, Marioun: tried for witchcraft in Inverkiething, Scotland 1621
|
|
Ciceron, Andre: burned alive at Carcassone, France, in 1335
|
|
Cigetic, Barbara: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1733
|
|
Cik, Katerina: burned at Varazdin, Croatia 1709
|
|
Cincic, Jelena: burned at Kaptol, Croatia 1699
|
|
Clarke alias Bedingfield, Elizabeth: hanged at Manningtree, Essex, England 1645
|
|
Cleary, Bridget: beaten and burned to death by her husband, relatives, and friends, on the suspicion that the "real Bridget" had been taken away by fairies and replaced by a witch, in Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland, 1894
|
|
Clipwell (Clisswell), Alice: hanged at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England ca 1645
|
|
Cocke, Susan: died in gaol of plague after being pardoned at St. Osyth, Essex, England 1645
|
|
Coeuret, Adam (aka Abbot Le Sage): burned alive in Place de Greve, Paris in 1682
|
|
Coneman, (widow): executed in Coggeshall, England in 1699
|
|
Cooke, Mary: died in jail at Langham, Essex, England 29 May 1645
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Cooper, Anne: hanged at Great Clacton, Essex, England 1645
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Cooper, Joan: died in jail on 27 May 1645 before coming to trial at Great Clacton, Essex, England
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Coppin, Mary: died in jail of plague at Kirby-le-Soken, Essex, England February 1647
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Corey, Martha: executed at Salem, New England, on 22 September, 1692
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Corey, Giles: pressed to death at Salem, New England, on 19 September, 1692
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Cornfoot, Janet: killed by a mob at Pittenweem, Scotland in 1704
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Corrillaut, Etienne: executed at Machecoul, France in 1440
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Corset, Janet: killed by a mob at Pittenweem, Scotland, in 1704
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Cos, Ana: burned at Varazdinske Toplice, Croatia 1699
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Cothmann, Katharina: executed in Lemgo (near Paderborn) 1654
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Cockie, Isabel: burnt as a witch, at a cost of 105 s. 4 p., in England 1596
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"Old Widow Coneman" (Coman): executed in Coggeshall, England, 1699
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Cornu, Marie: convicted and sentenced to be strangled and burned at Fenain (France), February 14, 1611
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Cox, Julian: executed at Taunton, England, in 1663
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Couper, Marable: burned in the north of Scotland in 1622
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Craw, William: burned in Scotland in 1680
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Crierson, Robert: executed at North Berwick, England in 1594
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Crots, (son) (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Cullender, Rose: executed at Bury St Edmunds, England, on 17 March 1662
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Cumber Cvetko, Barbara: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1733
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Cumlaquoy, Marian: burned at Orkney, Scotland in 1643
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Cunningham, John: burned at Edinburgh, in January, 1591
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Cunny, (Coney) Joan: hanged in Chelmsford, England, in 1589
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de Cusset, Marie (La Filastre): burned alive in Place de Greve, Paris in 1682
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Czuranka, Ana: burned at Samobor, Croatia 1741
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Dalesu: beaten to death at Ramarayi, India on November 21, 2000
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Dedovka, Mara: burned at Gric, Croatia 1743
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Deiner, Hans: burned at Waldsee, Germany (year unknown)
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Delort, Catherine: burned at Toulouse, France, in 1335
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Denham, Alice: of Ipswich; hanged at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England ca 1645
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Demdike, Elizabeth: convicted, but died in prison, in Lancaster, England, in 1612
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DeMolay, Jacques: Grand Master of the Templars, burned in France on 19 March 1314
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Denny, Amy: executed at Bury St Edmunds, England, on 17 March, 1662
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Desbordes, (first name unknown): burned in France, in 1628
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Deshayes-Monvoisin, Catherine (aka La Voisin): burned alive in Place de Greve, Paris in 22 February, 1682
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Device, Elizabeth: executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612
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Device, James: executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612
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Device, Alizon: (age 11 years) executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612
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Dimmensdr (Verniel), Ninge: burned at Goedereede, Holland, in 1585
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Dimmensdr (Verniel), Lene: suicided in prison at Goedereede, Holland, in 1585
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Di�riksson, Lassi: burned at �ingvellir, Iceland in 1675
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Dixon, Alice: hanged at Wivenhoe, Essex, England ca 1645
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Djurancevic, Jana (?): burned at Gric, Croatia 1704
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Doree, Catherine: executed at Courveres, France, in 1577
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Dorlady, Mansfredo: burned at Vesoul, France as being the Devil's banker, on 18 January, 1610
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Dorlady, Fernando: burned at Vesoul, France as being the Devil's banker, on 18 January, 1610
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Dormar, Anna: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 9 October, 1586
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Douglas, Janet: burned at Castle, Hill, Scotland, on 17 July, 1557
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Duffhuss, Ferdinand: executed in Paderborn, Germany, 1657
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Drummond, Alexander: executed in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1670
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Drvaric, Ana: burned at Belska zupa, Croatia 1742
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Dudgeon, Elizabeth: of Great Yarmouth; hanged in England ca 1647
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Duganka, Bara: burned at Gric, Croatia 1743
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Dumbovic, a nun of the "Margaret Order": burned at Gric, Croatia 1704
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"Dummy" (name unknown; he was deaf-and-dumb): killed by a mob at Sible Hedingham, England, on 3 August, 1865
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Duncan, Gellie: hanged in Scotland in 1591
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Dunhome, Margaret: burned in Scotland (year unknown)
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Dunlop, Bessie: burned at Castle Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1576
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Dustin, Sarah: died in prison in Massachucetts, N. America
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Dyneis, Jonka: burned in the north of Scotland in 1622
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Dyer, Mary: hung in Massachucetts, N. America, 1 June, 1660
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Easty, Mary: executed at Salem, New England, on 22 September, 1692
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Echtinger, Barbara: imprisoned for life at Waldsee, Germany, on 24 August, 1545
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Edelfrau, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Edwards, Susanna: hanged at Bideford (Heavitree), England, 25 August, 1682
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Einseler, Catharina: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 6 July, 1581
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Elisabeta (daughter of Margareta): burned at Gric, Croatia 1429
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Elling (first name unknown): executed in W�rzburg, Germany, 1627 - 29
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Ellroth, ( first name unknown, The wife of Balthasar Ellroth): executed on June 17, l663, Lindheim, Germany
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Erb, Anna: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 9 March, 1586
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Esch, Klaus : executed on August 25, l663, Lindheim, Germany
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Euler, Anna : executed on June 12, l663, Lindheim, Germany
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Everard, Thomas: of Halesworth; hanged at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England 27 August 1645.
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Everard, Mary: married woman of Halesworth; (wife of above) hanged at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England 27 August 1645.
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Eyering, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Eyj�lfsson, Erlendur: burned in H�navatnss�sla county in north Iceland in 1669
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Fandey, Mona : executed in Maylasia, 2 November, 2001
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Fian, John: hanged at Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1591
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Fief, Mary le: of Samur, France, accused of witchcraft, on 13 October 1573
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Finnbogason, Halld�r: burned at �ingvellir, Iceland in 1685
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Flade, Dietrich: executed at Treves, 1589
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Fleischbaum, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Flieger, Catharina: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 6 July, 1581
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Flower, Joan: died before trial, at Lincoln, England, 1619
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Flower, Margaret: executed at Lincoln, England, in March, 1619
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Flower, Phillippa: executed at Lincoln, England, in March, 1619
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Foster, Anne: hanged at Northhampton, England, in 1674
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Frances, Elizabeth: executed in Chelmsford, England, 1579
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Francoise (last name unknown): burned in France on 30 July, 1606
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Fray, Ursula: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 12 June, 1587
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Fray, Margaret: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 25 June, 1594
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Fuller, Mary: of Combs; hanged at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England 27th August 1645.
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Fukan, Marija: burned in Zagrebacka zupanija, Croatia 1751
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Funjak, Barbara: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1734
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Futakovic, Jela: burned at Dolnja Stubica, Croatia 1746
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Fynnie, Agnes: burned in Scotland in 1643
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Gabley, (first name unknown): executed at King's Lynn, England, in 1582
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Galigai, Leonora: beheaded and burned at the Place de Grieve, France, on 8 July, 1617
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Garner, Kathryn: " ... Welshwoman, found innocent of Witch Craft in Trial by Water. 2 pounds for burial in Christian ground;" Shropshire, England,1636
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Garnier, Gilles: burned as a werewolf in Dole, France 1574
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Gaudry, Suzanne: convicted at the Court of Mons (France) for witchcraft and executed July 9, 1652 by strangling and burning
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Gaufridi, Louis: burned at Marseilles, France, at 5: 00 pm on 30 April, 1611
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Geissler, Clara: strangled at Gelnhausen, Germany circa 1630
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Georgel, Anna Marie de: burned at Toulouse, France, in 1335
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Geraud, Hughes: burned in France in 1317
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Gerard, Katherine: executed at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1597
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Gering, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Gibson, Elizabeth: died in jail at Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, England on June 1st 1645
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Gilbert, Lydia: of Windsor, Connecticut, executed in 1654
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Gissler (wife, first name unknown): executed in Derneburg, Obergrombach, Germany, 1555
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Gissler (husband, first name unknown): executed in Derneburg, Obergrombach, Germany, 1555
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Glanicnik (father): burned at Klenovnik, Croatia 1698
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Glanicnik (son): burned at Klenovnik, Croatia 1698
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Glaser, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Glover, Goody: hanged at Salem, New England, in 1688
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Gobel, Barbara: burned at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Gobel's child, (first name unknown): executed at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Goeldi, Anna: hanged at Glaris, Switzerland, on 17 June, 1782
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Goldschmidt, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Golub, Dora: burned at Varazdinske Toplice, Croatia 1585
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Good, Sarah: executed at Salem, New England, on 19 July, 1692
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Gramiza, Katarina: burned at Samobor, Croatia 1741
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Grammer, Anna: executed at Herb (Hohenberg), Germany, June 1613
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Grandier, Urbain: burned at Loudon, France, on 18 August, 1634
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Grant, Jonet: executed at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1597
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Grant, Marion: executed at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1597
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Green, Ellen: executed in Leicester, England, in 1619
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"Old Wife Green": burned in Pocklington, East Yorkshire, England in 1630
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Greensmith, Nathaniel (husband): hanged in Hartford, New England, on 20 January, 1662
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Greensmith, Mary (wife): hanged in Hartford, New England, on 20 January, 1662
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Greenleife (or Greencliffe, Mary: died in jail Arlesford, Essex, England ca 1645
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Grempell, Paul: executed in Munich, Germany, 1600
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Grempell (wife, first name unknown): executed in Munich, Germany, 1600
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Grempell (son, first name unknown): executed in Munich, Germany, 1600
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Grempell (son, first name unknown): executed in Munich, Germany, 1600
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Greulich, Noa: executed in Landshut, Obergrombach, Germany 1695
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Grewe, Margery: hanged at Walton-le-Soken, Essex, England ca 1645
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Gr�msson, Stef�n: burned in H�navatnss�sla county, Iceland in 1678
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Groebisch (first name unknown): executed in Derneburg, Obergrombach, Germany, 1555
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Gooding (or Goodwyn), Elizabeth: hanged at Manningtree, Essex, England 1645
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Goodridge, Alse: executed at Darbie, England, in 1597
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Gratiadei, Domenica: beheaded and burned at Castelnovo, Italy, on 14 April, 1647
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Greland, Jean: burned at Chamonix, France, in 1438, with 10 others
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Griart, Henri: executed at Machecoul, France in 1440
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Grierson, Isobel: burned in Scotland in March, 1607
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Grudicek, Ana: burned at Belska zupa, Croatia 1742
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Abbot Guibourg: burned alive in Place de Greve, Paris in 1682
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Gu�brandsson, ��r�ur: burned in Tr�kyllisv�k, Strandir, Iceland in 1654
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Gullsmed, Brita, wife of Lorenz: beheaded and burned G�vle, Sweden 6 March 1675
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Gutbrod, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Gwinner, Else: executed in Germany on 21 Dec. 1601
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Haan, George: burned at Bamberg, Germany, circa 1626
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Haan, (wife of George): burned at Bamberg, Germany, circa 1626
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Haan, (daughter of George): burned at Bamberg, Germany, circa 1626
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Haan, (son of George): burned at Bamberg, Germany, circa 1626
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Hack, Hans: executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1617
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Hacket, Margaret: executed at Tyburn, England, on 19 February, 1585
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Hagic, Magdalena: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1733
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Halld�rsson, ��rarinn: burned at �ingvellir, Iceland in 1667
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Hallybread (or Hollybread), Rose: died in jail of plague at St Osyth, Essex, ca 1645
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Hamilton, Margaret: burned in Scotland in 1680
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Hating (or Hatyn), Sarah: hanged at Ramsey, Essex, England ca 1645
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Hafner, (son) (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Hammellmann, Melchoir: beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Hamyltoun, Christiane: tried for witchcraft in Inverkiething, Scotland 1621
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Hans, David: beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Hans, Kilian: beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Harfner, (first name unknown): hanged herself in the prison of Bamberg, 1628-1629
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Harlow, Bessie: tried for witchcraft in Inverkiething, Scotland 1621
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Harrisson, Joanna: executed in Hertford, England, in 1606
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Harrisson, (daughter of Joanna): executed in Hertford, England, in 1606
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Harvey, Elizabeth: died in jail of plague at Ramsey, Essex, England ca 1645
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Harvilliers, Jeanne: executed in France, in 1578
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Haus, (wife) (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Hausen (first name unknown): executed in W�rzburg, Germany, 1627 - 29
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Hausmannin, Walpurga: burned at the stake September 20, 1587, in Dillengen, Germany
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Heare (or Hare), Elizabeth: hanged at Great Clacton, Essex, England ca 1645
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Helgason, J�n: burned in Bar�astrandars�sla county in the Westfjords, Iceland in 1678
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Henot, Katharina: burned alive in Cologne, Germany, 1627
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Henry III, King of France: assassinated on 1 August, 1589
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Hempstead, Nicholas: of Creeting; hanged at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England ca 1645
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Hewitt, Katherine: executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612
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Hezensohn, Joachim: beheaded at Waldsee, Germany, in 1557
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Hibbins, Anne: hanged in Boston, Massachusetts on 19 June, 1656
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Hirsch, Nicodemus: beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Hocket, Marian: hanged at Ramsey, England ca 1645
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Hoecker, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Hofmann, Lorenz: executed in W�rzburg, Germany, 1627 - 29
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Hoffmann, Rochus: executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1617
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Hoffmann, (daughter, first name unknown): executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1617
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Hoffmann, (daughter, first name unknown): executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1617
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Hofschmidt, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Holt, Jane: executed at Faversham, Kent, England, on 29 Sept. 1645
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Holtzmann, Stoffel: beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Hofseiler, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Hoppo, (first name unknown): executed in Germany in 1599
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Dr. Horn (first name unknown): executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1630
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Horn (wife, first name unknown): executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1630
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Horn (daughter, first name unknown): executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1630
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Horne, Janet of Dornoch: burned as a witch in Ross-shire (Scotland), June 1722
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Horvat Pozirak, Barbara: died in prison at Varazdin, Croatia 1717
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How, Elizabeth: executed at Salem, New England, on 19 July, 1692
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Howard, Bridget: of Great Yarmouth; hanged in England ca 1647
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Hoyd, Anna: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 24 November, 1586
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Huebmeyer, Barbara: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 11 September, 1589
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Huebmeyer, Appela: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 11 September, 1589
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Hunt, Joan: hanged in Middlesex, England in 1615
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Hunter, Alexander: burned at Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1629
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Hussin, Juraimi : executed in Maylasia, 2 November, 2001
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Huter (first name unknown): executed in W�rzburg, Germany, 1627 - 29
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Huxley, Catherine: hanged at Worcester, England in the summer of 1652
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Isel, Ursula: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 7 November, 1586
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Isolin, Madlen: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 6 July, 1581
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Jacobs, George: executed at Salem, New England, on 19 August, 1692
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Jongolo, Sola: beaten to death at Maili Tano village, Mbeya region of southern Tanzania, 9 April, 2001
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Jelena (wife of Petor): burned at Gric, Croatia 1486
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Jenkenson, Helen: executed in Northhampton, England, on 22 July, 1612
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Jennin, (first name unknown): burned at Cambrai, France, in 1460
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Jeretska, Neska: burned near Uskocke Gore, Croatia 1696
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Johnson, Mary : executed at Hartford, Connecticut on 6 June, 1650
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Jollie, Alison: executed in Scotland, in October, 1596
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Jones, Katherine: burned in the north of Scotland in 1622
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Jones, Margaret: executed in Charlestown, North America, on 15 June, 1648
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J�nsson, Gr�mur: burned in Tr�kyllisv�k, Strandir, Iceland in 1654
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J�nsson sr., J�n: burned in �safj�r�ur, Iceland in 1656
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J�nsson jr., J�n: burned in �safj�r�ur, Iceland in 1656
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J�nsson, Sigur�ur: burned in �ingvellir, Iceland in 1671
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Jordemaine, Margery: burned at Smithfield, England, on 27 October, 1441
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Jost, Vitus: executed in Paderborn, Germany, 1658
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Jugovec, Ana: burned at Belska zupa, Croatia 1742
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Jugovic, Ursula, of Kranj: burned, Zagreb district, Croatia 1746
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Junius, Johannes: of Bamberg, executed as a witch, on 6 August, 1628
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Jung, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Jurinic, Jelena: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1734
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Kalopanjka, Margareta: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1734
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Kanzler (first name unknown): executed at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Karlovcic, Marica: burned at Kaptol, Croatia 1743
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Kasic (mother): burned at Zagreb, Croatia 1660
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Kasic (older daughter): burned at Zagreb, Croatia 1660
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Kavnicijan, Kata: burned at Varazdinske Toplice, Croatia 1585
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Kempe, Ursula: executed in St. Osyth, England in 1582
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Kent, Margaret: tried for witchcraft in Inverkiething, Scotland 1621
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Kerke, Anne: executed at Tyburn, England, in 1599
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Kerznar, Mara: burned at Gric, Croatia 1704
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Khawuta, Zamabhengu : burned to death at Balasi, Eastern Pondoland, S.A. in January 1999
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Kirstin, 78 years, mother-in-law of H�kan Vacktknekt: beheaded and burned G�vle, Sweden 6 March 1675
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Kleiss, Anna: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 30 October, 1586
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Klenovac, Margareta: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1734
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Kless, Catharina: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 12 June, 1587
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Klostermueller, Agnes: executed in Munich, Germany, 1600
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Knertz, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Knobelbart, Hans: executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1617
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Knor, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Knott, Elizabeth: hanged at St. Albans, England, in 1649
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Kolar, Katarina: burned at Belska zupa, Croatia 1742
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Kolarek, Ana: burned at Belska zupa, Croatia 1742
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Korenika, Margareta: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1733
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Kos, Jelena: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1734
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Kos Celica, Kata: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1733
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Koskovic, Margareta: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1733
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Kramaric, Bara: burned at Kaptol, Croatia 1699
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Kramer, Philipp: executed in Mainz, Germany, 1627
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Kramerin, Schelmerey: beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Kruzic Zupanic, Barbara: burned at Gric, Croatia 1704
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Krznar, Margareta: burned at Gric, Croatia 1704
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Kuetsch, Lorenz: executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1617
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Kuetsch, Elisabeth (mother): executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1617
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Kuhn (B�cker-Margreth), Margarethe : executed on August 25, l663, Lindheim, Germany
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Kuhnlin, Elsa: burned at Waldsee, Germany, in 1518
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Kuler, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Kuljanka, Margareta: burned at Gric, Croatia 1733
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Kurzhals, Barbara: executed in Reichertshofen, Germany, 1626
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Kusenka, Jelica: burned at Gric, Croatia 1715
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Lachenmeyer, Waldburg: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 5 July, 1585
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Lagenka, Dora: burned at Ozalj, Croatia 1694
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deLarue, (first name unknown): burned at Rouen, in 1540
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Landish, Margaret: hanged at St. Osyth, Essex, England ca 1645
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Laubbach (wife): executed at Eichstatt, Germany, in 1597
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Lauder, Margaret: burned in Scotland in 1643
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Lake, Alice: executed at Boston, MA (?) ca. 1651
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Lakeland, Joan: of St. Stephens, Ipswich; burned at Ipswich, Suffolk, England on 9 September 1645.
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Lamb, Dr.: stoned to death by a mob at St. Paul's Cross, London, England, in 1640
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Lambrecht, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Lang, Beatrix: died in Pittenweem, Scotland in 1704
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Leach (or Leech), Anne: hanged together with 17 Suffolk witches on 27 August 1645
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Leclerc, (no first name given): condemned for witchcraft, in France 1615
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Lee, Dorothey: of Kings Lynn; hanged in England ca 1647
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Leger, (no first name given): condemmned for witchcraft in France, on 6 May, 1616
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Legin, Margarethe: executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1617
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Lemp, Rebecca: executed in Nordlingen, Germany, on 9 Sept. 1590
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Leschier, Heinrich and Maria: executed on August 25, l663, Lindheim, Germany
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Leyis, Thomas: executed at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1597
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Liebler, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Liebler, (daughter, first name unknown): executed in W�rzburg, Germany, 1627 - 29
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Leifsson, J�n: burned in Bar�astrandars�sla in the Westfjords, Iceland in 1669
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Linstead, Jane: of Halesworth; hanged at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England 27 August 1645.
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Lloyd, Temperance: hanged at Bideford (Heavitree), England, 25 August, 1682
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Loncaric, Matja (male): burned at Gric, Croatia 1704
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Longin, Magdalena: burned at Varazdinske Toplice, Croatia 1699
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Lopez, Diego Hernandez: and three others, shot at San Cristobal de Las Casas, Mexico, on 15 September, 2002
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Lopez, Kathleen: stabbed 60 times and beheaded, at Santa Fe, N. Mex, USA, Oct. 2000
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Louis, (first name unknown): executed at Suffolk, England, in 1646
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Lowes, John: Vicar of Brandeston; hanged at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England 27 August 1645.
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Lutz, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Macalzean, Euphemia: strangled and burned in Scotland for witchcraft, on 25 June, 1591
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MacEwen, Elspeth: Kirkcudbright Prison in Scotland, 1698
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Mader, Elisabeth: executed in Coburg, Germany, 1629
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Majhanovic, Doroteja: burned at Gric, Croatia 1651
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Mamabolo, Madeleine: Segopye Village near Pietersburg in Northern Province, South Africa, murdered in June, 1999
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Man, Andro: executed at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1597
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Mansene�, Desle la: executed at Anjux, France on 18 Dec. 1529
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Manzayiwa, Tomi: murdered in Umtata, South Africa, 19 December, 1998
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Margareta (mother): burned at Gric, Croatia 1429
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Marica of Zagreb: burned at Gric, Croatia 1444
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Marigny, Enguerrand de: hanged in France in 1315
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Marguerite, (last name unknown): burned at Paris, France, in 1586
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Mark, Bernhard: burned alive at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Martin, Marie: executed in France, in 1586
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Martin, Susannah: executed at Salem, New England, on 19 July, 1692
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Martyn, Anne: hanged at Maidstone, England, in July, 1652
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Matkovic, Magda: burned, Zagreb district, Croatia 1746
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Maquixtle, Eduardo Quiahua: murdered at Vicente Guererro, Mexico, 1996
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Maquixtle, Andrea, (wife) : murdered at Vicente Guererro, Mexico, 1996
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Maquixtle, (child 1): murdered at Vicente Guererro, Mexico, 1996
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Maquixtle, (child 2): murdered at Vicente Guererro, Mexico, 1996
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Maquixtle, (child 3): murdered at Vicente Guererro, Mexico, 1996
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Maquixtle, (child 4): murdered at Vicente Guererro, Mexico, 1996
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Mauter, Margarethe: executed in N�rnberg, Germany, 1659
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Mayer, Christina: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 9 October, 1586
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Mayers, Bridget: died in jail Holland, Essex, England ca 1648
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Mazelier, Hanchemand de: arrested at Neuchatel, Germany 1439
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Meath, Petronilla de: burned as a witch, the first such burning in Ireland, on 3 November, 1324
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Medovic, Helena: burned at Gric, Croatia 1698
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(last name unknown), Meggs: a baker of Norwich, England (year unknown, but in 1640s)
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Mehanovic, Barbara: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1733
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Metzler, Elisabeth : executed on June 12, l663, Lindheim, Germany
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Meurer, Katharina : executed on June 12, l663, Lindheim, Germany
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Meyer, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Mikinka, Jelena: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1734
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Milos Kiseljak, Margareta: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1734
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Minheric, Ana: burned at Gric, Croatia 1743
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Minota, Mitiku: executed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for murder, 1999
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Mirot, Dominic: burned at Paris, France, in 1586
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Mkambano, Joseph: stoned to death on Montina farm, in Duiwelskloof, Northern Province, South Africa, 8 August, 1999
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Molland, Alice: executed at Exeter, England, 1684
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Moone, Margaret: died on the way to execution at Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex, England ca 1645
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Moore (First Name Unknown): of Sutton; hanged in Cambridgeshire, England 1647
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Morin (first name unknown): burned at Rouen, in 1540
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Morris, Rebecca: married woman of Chattisham; hanged at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England 27 August, 1645.
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Mossau, Renata von: beheaded and burned in Bavaria, Germany, on 21 June, 1749
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Mraz, Magdalena: burned at Belska zupa, Croatia 1742
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Mudic Trumbetas, Dora: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1734
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Mueller, Anna Maria: executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1627
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Mullerin, Elsbet: burned at Waldsee, Germany, in 1531
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Munda, Sohraj (husband, 60): killed in India ca. 1995
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Munda, Jaitadi (wife, 55): killed in India ca. 1995
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Munda (son): killed in India ca. 1995
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Munda (son): killed in India ca. 1995
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Munda (son): killed in India ca. 1995
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Munda (son): killed in India ca. 1995
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Munda (daughter): killed in India ca. 1995
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Munda (daughter): killed in India ca. 1995
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Mundie, Beatrice: tried for witchcraft in Inverkiething, Scotland 1621
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Muzek Krapac, Barbara: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1733
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Narcic, Dora: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1734
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Nathan, Abraham: executed at Haeck, Germany, on 24 September, 1772
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Neidecker (first name unknown): executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1630
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Neepudi: axed to death in Mandwa village of Palamau district, Bihar, India Sept. 1997
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Agaramanao Devi (daughter, 10): axed to death in Mandwa village of Palamau district, Bihar, India Sept. 1997)
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Malati (daughter, 8): axed to death in Mandwa village of Palamau district, Bihar, India Sept. 1997
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Lalita (daughter, 6): axed to death in Mandwa village of Palamau district, Bihar, India Sept. 1997
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Kuldip (son, 4): axed to death in Mandwa village of Palamau district, Bihar, India Sept. 1997
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Dilip (son, 2): axed to death in Mandwa village of Palamau district, Bihar, India Sept. 1997
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Negovec, Helena: burned at Belska zupa, Croatia 1742
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Newell, John: executed at Barnett, England, on 1 December, 1595
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Newell, Joane: executed at Barnett, England, on 1 December, 1595
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Newman, Elizabeth: executed at Whitechapel, England in 1653
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Nilsson, Lars: burned alive at Norrvasterbyn, Arjeplog, Sweden in the spring of 1693
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Noeth, Lorenz: executed in W�rzburg, Germany, 1627 - 29
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Norsic, Marija: burned at Samobor, Croatia 1741
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Nottingham, John of: died in custody, Coventry, England, 1324
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Novak, Ana: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1734
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Ntele, Anna: beaten to death, South Africa, February 1998
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Ntleki, Aphiwe (child): burned to death at Balasi, Eastern Pondoland, S.A. in January 1999
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Ntleki, Lihle (child): burned to death at Balasi, Eastern Pondoland, S.A. in January 1999
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Ntleki, Madinda : burned to death at Balasi, Eastern Pondoland, S.A. in January 1999
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Ntleki, Zamabhala (child): burned to death at Balasi, Eastern Pondoland, S.A. in January 1999
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Ntleki, Zisanda (child): burned to death at Balasi, Eastern Pondoland, S.A. in January 1999
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Nurse, Rebecca: executed at Salem, New England, on 19 July, 1692
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Nutter, Alice: executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612
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Oddsson, P�ll: burned at �ingvellir, Iceland in 1674
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�lafsd�ttir, �ur��ur: burned in Bar�astrandars�sla county in the Westfjords, Iceland in 1678
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Og, Margrat: executed at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1597
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Oige, Issobell: executed at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1597
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Oliver, Mary: burned at Norwich, England, in 1658
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Orchard, (first name unknown): executed at Salisbury, England, in 1658
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Osborne, (wife) Ruth: killed by a mob at Tring, Herefordshire, England, on 22 April, 1750
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Osburne, Sarah: died in prison at Boston, Massachusetts, 10 May, 1692
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Osefic, Doroteja: burned at Varazdinske Toplice, Croatia 1699
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Oswald, Catherine: burned in Scotland in 1670
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Paeffin, Elsa: burned at Waldsee, Germany, in 1518
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Pajot, Marguerite: executed at Tonnerre, France, in 1576
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P�lsson, Ari: burned at �ingvellir, Iceland in 1681
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Pappenheimer, Anna (mother ): executed in Munich, Germany, 1600
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Pappenheimer, Gumprecht: executed in Munich, Germany, 1600
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Pappenheimer, Paulus: executed in Munich, Germany, 1600
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Paris, (first name unknown): hanged at St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1569
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Parker, Alice: executed at Salem, New England, on 22 September, 1692
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Parker, Mary: executed at Salem, New England, on 22 September, 1692
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Palmer, John: hanged at St. Albans, England, in 1649
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Pannel, Mary: executed in Yorkshire, England, in 1603
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Paukovic, Anica: burned at Cepin, Croatia 1748
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Pearson, Alison: burned in Scotland on 28 May, 1588
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Peebles, Marion: burned in Scotland in 1643
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Perusic, Barbara: died in prison, Zagreb district, Croatia 1746
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Peterson, Joan: hanged at Tyburn, England, on 12 April, 1652
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Petersson, Elisabeth: wife of Erik, beheaded and burned G�vle, Sweden 6 March 1675
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Petrusevka, Bara: burned in Zagrebacka zupanija, Croatia 1749
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Pavlekovic Piticek, Kata: burned at Gric, Croatia 1704
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Philipps, Mary: Northamtonshire, England, executed on 17 March 1705
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Pichler, Emerenziana: burned at Defereggen, Germany, on 25 September, 1680
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Pichler, (name unknown, son of Emerenziana, aged 12): burned at Defereggen, Germany, on 27 September, 1680
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Pichler, (name unknown, son of Emerenziana, aged 14): burned at Defereggen, Germany, on 27 September, 1680
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de la Plaine, Sylvanie: burned at Pays de Labourde, France, 1616
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Uppala Pochaiah, (70 years old): beaten to death at Kothapalli village, India on November 8, 2000.
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Pogledic, Margareta: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1734
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Poiret, (first name unknown): burned at Nancy, France, in 1620
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Pomp, Anna: executed at Lindheim, Germany, in 1633
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P�ppel, Hans : executed on August 25, l663, Lindheim, Germany.
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Porte, Vidal de la: condemned at Riom, France, in 1597
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Powle, (first name unknown): executed at Durham, England, in 1652
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Pradhan: beaten unconscious and then thrown on a burning funeral pyre, Phulbani, Orissa, India, November 1998
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Prentice, Joan: hanged in Chelmsford, England, in 1589
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Preston, Jennet: executed in York, England, in 1612
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Pringle, Margaret: burned in Scotland in 1680
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Procter, John: executed at Salem, New England, on 19 August, 1692
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Prpric, Katarina: burned at Varazdinske Toplice, Croatia 1699
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Pszk Mihanovic, Barbara: burned at Kaptol, Croatia 1743
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Ptickovica, Jelica: burned at Gric, Croatia 1743
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Pucko, Agata: burned at Belska zupa, Croatia 1742
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Pudeator, Anne: executed at Salem, New England, on 22 September, 1692
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Qamza, Hlanjiwe: burned to death at Ludeke near Bizana, S.A. in January 1999
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Quattrino, Dominic: burned at Mesolcina, Italy, in 1583
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Raab (first name unknown): executed in W�rzburg, Germany, 1627 - 29
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Rais, Gilles de: on charges of witchcraft, executed 26 October, 1440
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Rahman, Mohamed Affandi Abdul : executed in Maylasia, 2 November, 2001
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Ratkaj, Katarina: burned at Belska zupa, Croatia 1742
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Rattray, George: executed in Spott, Scotland, in 1705
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Rattray, Lachlan: executed in Spott, Scotland, in 1705
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Rauffains, Catharina: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 7 November, 1586
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Reade, Mary: hanged at Maidstone, England, in July, 1652
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Redfearne, Anne: executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612
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Reed, Wilmot: executed at Salem, New England, on 22 September, 1692
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Reid, Christen: executed at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1597
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Reich, Maria: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 5 July, 1585
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Reichard, Johann: executed in Eichstaett, Germany, 1626
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Reid, John: hanged himself in prison, in Scotland, in 1697
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Reoch, Elspeth: burned in the north of Scotland in 1622
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Reuneg, Anna : executed on June 12, l663, Lindheim, Germany
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Reuneg, Else : executed in the summer of l663, Lindheim, Germany
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Reuneg, Johann: executed on August 25, l663, Lindheim, Germany
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Reuneg, Katharina : executed on June 12, l663, Lindheim, Germany
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Reuneg, Philipp: executed on March 1, l664, Lindheim, Germany
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Richel (first name and date unknown): Eichstaett, Germany
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Richie, Issobell: executed at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1597
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Rinder, Anna: executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1617
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Rivet, Janet: of Copdock; hanged at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England 27 August 1647.
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Robey, Isobel: executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612
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Robson, Donald: executed at North Berwick, England in 1590
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Rodier, Catala: burned alive at Carcassone, France, in 1335
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Rodier, Paul: burned alive at Carcassone, France, in 1335
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Rogie, Helen: executed at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1597
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R�gnvaldsson, J�n: burned in Eyjafj�r�ur, north Iceland, 1625
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Rohrfelder, Margaret: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 24 August, 1585
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Rosch, Maria: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 6 July, 1581
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Rosseau, (father, no first name given): of France, accused of witchcraft on 2 October 1593
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Rosseau, (daughter, no name given): of France, accused of witchcraft on 2 October 1593
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Rosslein, Martine: executed in W�rzburg, Germany, 1627 - 29
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Roulet, Jacques: burned alive for being a were-wolf, at Angiers, France, in 1597
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Rudinovic, Barbara: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1733
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Rue, Abel de la: of Coulommiers, France, accused of witchcraft on 20 July, 1592
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Rueger, Christophorus: executed in W�rzburg, Germany, 1627 - 29
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Ruethsin, Anna: executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1617
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de Ruilly, Macette: burned alive at the Pig Market in Paris on 19 August, 1391
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Rullmann, ( first name unknown, the wife of Friedrich): executed on March 1, l664, Lindheim, Germany
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Rum, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Russel, Alice: killed by a mob at Great Paxton, England, 20 May, 1808
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Rutchser, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Rutter, Elizabeth: hanged in Middlesex, England in 1616
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Sabina, Benita: killed as a witch in Alfajayucan, Mexico, September 8, 1956.
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Sailler, Ursula: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 24 August, 1585
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Sampsoune, Agnes: tried, strangled, and burnt for a witch in Scotland 1591
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Samuels, (family: 1 of 3): condemned for witchcraft in Warboys, England, on 4 April, 1593
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Samuels, (family: 2 of 3): condemned for witchcraft in Warboys, England, on 4 April, 1593
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Samuels, (family: 3 of 3): condemned for witchcraft in Warboys, England, on 4 April, 1593
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Sawyer, Elizabeth: hanged at Tyburn, England, on 19 April, 1621
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Scharber, Elsbeth: burned at Waldsee, Germany, in 1581
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Schneider, Felicitas: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 9 March, 1586
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Schnelling, Anna: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 11 September, 1589
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Schr�ck, Anna: executed at Herb (Hohenberg), Germany in 1581
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Sch�ler, Martha: burned at Lindheim, Germany, 23 February, 1664
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Schutz, Babel: beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Schwaegel, Anna Maria: beheaded at Kempten, Germany, on 11 April, 1775
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Schwartz, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Schenck, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Schellhar, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Schickelte, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Schneider, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Schneider, Margarethe (wife of Andreas): executed on June 12, l663, Lindheim, Germany
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Schneider, Margarethe (wife of Hans): executed on August 25, l663, Lindheim, Germany
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Schleipner, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Schuler, (first name not known): burned at Lindheim, Germany on 23 February, 1663
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Schultheiss, Ursula: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 9 March, 1586
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Schwaegel, Anna Maria: beheaded in Germany on 11 April, 1775
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Schwarz, Eva: burned at Waldsee, Germany, in 1581
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Schwarz, (first name unknown): executed at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Dr. Schweygel: executed in Cologne, Germany, 1637
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Schwerdt, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Scott, Margaret: executed at Salem, New England, on 22 September, 1692
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Scottie, Agnes: burned in the north of Scotland in 1622
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Sechelle, (first name unknown): burned at Paris, France, in 1586
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Seiler, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Serck (first name unknown): executed in Derneburg, Obergrombach, Germany, 1555
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Tikambai Sahu: Killed by a mob, Nagpur, India, 27 June, 2000
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Shaw, Elinor: Northamtonshire, England, executed on 17 March 1705
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Shultz (infant), (first name unknown): executed at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Silberhans, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Sinecka, Helena: burned at Samobor, Croatia 1741
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Sipusic Ledar, Dora: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1733
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Sirkovic, Ana: burned at Gric, Croatia 1704
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Skipper, Mary: of Copdock; hanged at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England 27 August 1645.
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Skovranka, Dora: burned, Zagreb district, Croatia 1746
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Smith, Mary: of Glemham; hanged at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England 27 August 1645.
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Smith, Mary: hanged at King's Lynn, England, in 1616
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Smith, Tempest: 12 years old, suicided at Lincoln Park, Michigan, USA on 20 February 2001
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S�rensdatter, Kirsti: condemned to the stake at Vard�hus Fortress, Denmark, April 1621
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Sparham, Margery: of Mendham; hanged at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England 27 August 1645.
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Spaldarg, Jonet: executed at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1597
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Spindler, Sarah: of Halesworth; hanged at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England 27 August 1645.
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Stadlin, (first name unknown): executed in Germany in 1599
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Steffen: (town and last name unknown) Westphalia, Germany 1617
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Steicher, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Steinacher, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Stepper, (first name unknown): executed at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Steward, William: hanged at St. Andrews, Scotland, in 1569
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Stewart, Christian: strangled and burned in Scotland, in November, 1596
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Stolzberger, (son) (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Stolzberger, (wife) (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Stolzberger, (granddaughter) (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Strigaric, Barbara: burned at Varazdin, Croatia 1718
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Stubb, Peter: executed as a werewolf near Cologne, Germany, in 1589
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Stuber, Laurence: beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Stuell(?), Gertrud (of Klaferd in the Oberholzklau Parish): burned at the stake in Alchen, Gemany,1590
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Sturmer, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Style, Elizabeth: died in prison, at Taunton, England, in 1664
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Steinbach, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Stier, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Stadelmann, Ursula: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 7 November, 1586
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Sutton (mother) (first name unknown): executed in Bedford, England in 1613
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Sutton, Mary: executed in Bedford, England in 1613
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Sveinsson, �orbj�rn: burned at �ingvellir, Iceland in 1677
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Thausser, Simon: burned at Waldsee, Germany, in 1518
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Thausser (wife of Simon, no name given): burned at Waldsee, Germany, in 1518
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�orsteinsson, B��var: burned at �ingvellir, Iceland in 1674
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Thompson, Annaple: burned in Scotland in 1680
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Tod, Christian: executed at North Berwick, England in 1590
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Tod, Beigis: burned at Lang Nydrie, Scotland, on 27 May, 1608
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Tooly, Katherine: of Westleton; hanged at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England 27th August 1645
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Topolca, Dora: burned at Varazdin, Croatia 1718
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Townsend, Amey : mob violence, St. Albans, England, 08 January, 1700
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Trajo, Christina: killed as a witch in Alfajayucan, Mexico, September 8, 1956.
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Treher, Anna: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 5 July, 1585
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Trembles, Mary: hanged at Bideford (Heavitree), England, 25 August, 1682
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Trois-Echelles (pseud.): executed at Paris, France, in 1571 (or 1574)
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Tucman, Helena: burned, Zagreb district, Croatia 1746
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Tungerslieber, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Turner, Ann: murdered in England, in 1875
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Uhlmer, Barbara: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 24 August, 1585
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Upney, Joan: hanged in Chelsford, England, in 1589
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Uppala Pochaiah, (70 years old): beaten to death at Kothapalli village, India on November 8, 2000
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Ursula, the shoemaker's daughter: burned at Gric, Croatia 1496
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Utley, (first name unknown): hanged at Lancaster, England, in 1630
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Uvasic Drapuska, Marija: burned, Zagreb district, Croatia 1746
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Valee, Melchoir de la: burned at Nancy, France, in 1631
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Vallin, Pierre: executed in France, in 1438
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Valkenburger, (daughter) (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Vaecker, Paul: beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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la Valle, Gracia: burned in Saragossa. First execution of a witch in Spain, in 1498.
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de Varens, Louis: burned alive in Place de Greve, Paris in 1682
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Velek, Elizabeta: burned at Varazdin, Croatia 1712
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Vidmar, Margareta: burned at Varazdin, Croatia 1709
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Vickar, Bessie: burned in Scotland in 1680
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Dame Vigoureux: burned alive in Place de Greve, Paris in 1682
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Visirer (first name unknown): executed in W�rzburg, Germany, 1627 - 29
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Vlahovic, Marareta: died under torture at Stubica, Croatia 1746
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Vogicek, Barbara: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1734
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Vucic, Margareta: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1734
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Vukovic, Ladesic, Barbara: burned at Turopolje, Croatia 1733
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Vugrinec, Marijana: burned in Zagrebacka zupanija, Croatia 1751
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Vuil, Daniel: executed in Beaufort, Canada, in 1662
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Wachin, Ursula: burned at Waldsee, Germany, in 1528
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Wagner, Michael: beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Wagner, (first name unknown): burnt alive at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Wallace, Margaret: executed in Glascow, Scotland, in 1622
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Wardwell, Samuel: executed at Salem, New England, on 22 September, 1692
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Wasser, Friedrich: executed in W�rzburg, Germany, 1627 - 29
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Waterhouse, Agnes: executed in Chelmsford, England, 29 July, 1566
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Waterhouse, (first name unknown): hanged in Dorset, England in 1565 (may be Agnes Waterhouse)
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Waters, Dorothy: died in jail of plague at Clacton, Essex, England February 1647
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Wanderson, (wife 1) (first name unknown): executed in England, in January, 1644.
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Wanderson, (wife 2) (first name unknown): executed in England, in January, 1644.
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Weber, Katharina: executed on August 25, l663, Lindheim, Germany
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Weir, Thomas: burned between Edinburgh and Leith, Scotland, on 11 April, 1670
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Weiss, Agatha: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 9 October, 1586
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Went(e), Susanna: died in jail of plague at Langham, Essex, England April 1646
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West, Anne: of Lawford, Essex - hanged (probably at Manningtree, England) ca 1645
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Weydenbusch, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Whittle, Anne: executed in Lancaster, England, in 1612
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Wildes, Sarah: executed at Salem, New England, on 19 July, 1692
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Willard, John: executed at Salem, New England, on 19 August, 1692
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Williford, Joan: executed at Faversham, Kent, England, on 29 Sept. 1645
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Willimot, Joan: executed in Leicester, England, in 1619
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Wilson, Anne: hanged at Maidstone, England, in July, 1652
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Wirth, Klingen: beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Wirth, Trauben: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 5 July, 1585
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Wisherr, Jonet: (Janet Wishart) executed at Aberdeen, Scotland in 1597
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Wright, Grace: of Kings Lynn; hanged in England ca 1647
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Wright, Mildred: hanged at Maidstone, England, in July, 1652
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Wuncil, Brigida: burned at Waldsee, Germany, on 6 July, 1581
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Wunth, (first name unknown): beheaded at W�rzburg, Germany, 1628-1629
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Wyles (or Wiles), Mary: hanged at Great Clacton, Essex, England ca 1647
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Younge, Alse : (Alice Young) hanged in Connecticut, North America, on 26 May, 1647
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Yullock, Agnes: burned in the north of Scotland in 1622
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Zeritsch, Veronika: age 13, executed in Landshut, Germany, 1756
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Ziegler, Barbara: executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1617
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Ziegler, Endres: executed in Bamberg, Germany, 1617
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Zobay, Margareta: burned at Gric, Croatia 1486
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HPS: Let them have peace.
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ALL: Blessed be!
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% Here ends the Samhain Mystery.
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% A normal cone-of-power may be raised, for growth and healing:
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HPS: In a ring we all shall stand
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Pass the Power, hand to hand.
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HP: As the season turns again
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Power flows from friend to friend
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HPS: Pass the Power, hand to hand
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Bless the Lady, bless the Land
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HP: Bless the Lord, and bless the Skies
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Bless the Power that never dies!
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% The above four verses should be repeated three times, or as
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% many times as needed, and the HPS shall then say:
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HPS: By Fin and Feather, Leaf and Tree:
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Let the Power flow out and free!
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% All should release, at this point.
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% Any needed coven business may be transacted here.
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% The Circle is opened:
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HPS: Thus I release the East and West
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Thanks to them from Host to Guest
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Thus I release the South and North
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With "Blessed Be' I send them forth!
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The Circle's open, dance we so
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Out and homeward we shall go.
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Earth and Water, Air and Fire
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Celebrated our desire.
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We think of those in Summerland
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Who dance together, hand in hand.
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By Fin and Feather, Leaf and Tree,
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Our circle's done; and Blessed Be!
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COVEN: Blessed Be!
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% All spiral dance out from the Circle, led by HP and HPS.
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This is a -long- ritual, but VERY effective. A good way to do the reading
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of the names is to pass the list around the Circle, with each person reading
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a few names, and then passing it to the next. Really brings the Burning
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Times -home.-
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These ceremonies are free of copyright, and are released for use by any
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who so wish to. Thanks go to "Mr. Wiz" for his research, and to the
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person who originally wrote the dialog (freely adapted here) used in the
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Samhain Mystery.
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*end of Bardic Cycle (Wiccan)*
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