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Folklore is the study of beliefs and practices once firmly held. Few now believe in charms in giants and fairies, but less than a century ago people in lonely places believed in them. In Worcestershire and it's borders, there are prehistoric remains though.
The Bewdley Witch. Kidderminster Witches 1660c. The Shrawley Witch. The Witches Sister. Edward .C.Corbett and the Telling of Folk Tales. Rebecca Swan, the Kidderminster Witch. The Salt Lane Witch. Trial by Water. Witchcraft in Worcestershire.
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Kidderminster Witches, 1660
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| Again at Worcester, shortly before the Ursula Corbett case, a woman and her daughter, and a man, all from Kidderminster, were put through the barbarous trial by water. They were flung into the Severn where 'they would not sink but soared aloft'. Townsend of Elmley Lovett, in his diary, summed up the account of the Kidderminster witches by writing, 'many great charges, and little proven'. |
| Posted: 05/03/2003 20:16:27
Last Updated: 01/07/2005 18:06:58
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