froglover Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 Catherine Parsons' account of Mother Redcap (although she doesn't use the name, that is who she is referring to) is often quoted but the full talk she gave in 1915 is still worth reading. We know from Enid Porter that Mother Redcap died in 1926. Parson's implies here that she had gone to the Linton workhouse shortly before the talk was given. Mother Redcap inherited her status as village witch from her sister who Parson's identifies only as "D". This may make it easier to identitfy the lady. Parson's account tells also of social witches, what Hutton for example claimed not to exist in England. And she makes it clear that toad bone magic was known in Horseheath. There is an archived thread on this Forum on Mother Redcap back from 2009. But her is the link to the 1915 Parsons' article from 1915. The good bit starts on page 31.http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-1895-1/dissemination/pdf/PCAS/1915_LXVII-XIX/PCAS_LXVII-XIX_1915_000-106_ALL-reduced.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
froglover Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 Oh, and hi anybody who remembers me, I haven't been around for a while! I better put in a link to the archived thread too: http://www.traditionalwitch.net/forums/topic/5379-mother-redcap-of-horseheath/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evergreen47 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Very cool, fl! Good to see you around! Hope you've been well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruby Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 (edited) Interesting links to read through! +1 On page 42, the reference to the lore of witches saying the lord's prayer backwards caught my attention. I hadn't seen that written anywhere else that I can recall, prior to the Mastering Witchcraft book by Paul Huson (and, of course, folks referencing it here in forums). To see it in print from as early as 1915 is interesting. I'll enjoy reading through the rest, I'm sure. Edited January 8, 2017 by Anara Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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