[MR] BBC: Witche's Cottage Uncovered

[Garth Groff]

Noble friends,

The BBC had this very interesting story and video clip about a nearly 
complete house which was recently uncovered during modern construction: 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-16066680 . While the 
Pendle witch trials were only 400 years ago, the house itself may date 
to our later period. Here is a Wikipedia story on the witches: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendle_witches .

Walling up cats has nothing directly to do with witches; it was a common 
superstition to protect against evil spirits. Other mummified cats have 
been found in old English buildings:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2378831.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/suffolk/4512463.stm  [This is 
a very cool pub, said the be the smallest in England.]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/devon/8011361.stm

This is pretty grim stuff, so I'll stop there.

Kind regards,


Lord Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot