"On the morning of Thursday 29 June 1682, a magpie came rasping, rapping, and tapping at the window of a prosperous Devon merchant. Frightened by its appearance, his servants and members of his family ... convinced themselves that the bird was an emissary of the devil sent by witches to destroy the fabric of their lives. As the result of these allegations, three women of Bideford came to be forever defined as witches. A Secretary of State brushed aside their case and condemned them to the gallows, to hang as the last group ...
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"On the morning of Thursday 29 June 1682, a magpie came rasping, rapping, and tapping at the window of a prosperous Devon merchant. Frightened by its appearance, his servants and members of his family ... convinced themselves that the bird was an emissary of the devil sent by witches to destroy the fabric of their lives. As the result of these allegations, three women of Bideford came to be forever defined as witches. A Secretary of State brushed aside their case and condemned them to the gallows, to hang as the last group of women to be executed in England for the crime. Yet, the hatred of their neighbours endured. For Bideford, it was said, was a place of witches. Though 'pretty much worn away, ' the belief in witchcraft still lingered on for more than a century after their deaths"--
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