Fatal Feeds?: Plants, Livestock Losses and Witchcraft Accusations in Tudor and Stuart Britain

The emphasis of published works on the rise and decline of witchcraft in 16th and 17th century in Britain has been focused on the religious, social, judicial, medical and economic aspects of the problem. The reason underlying accusations of witchcraft is a misunderstanding of the effects of harmful...

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Published in:Folklore (London) Vol. 101; no. 2; pp. 131 - 142
Main Author: Hickey, Sally
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.1990
D. S. Brewer Ltd
Folklore Society
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
17th century
Alkaloids
Allegations
Animals
Crops
Economic factors
Flowers & plants
Folklore
Grasses
History
Ingestion
Livestock
Livestock industry
Livestock losses
Losses
Milk
Miscommunication
Oats
Plants
Poisoning
Poisonous plants
United Kingdom
Witchcraft
United Kingdom > UK
England
ISSN:0015-587X, 1469-8315
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Summary:The emphasis of published works on the rise and decline of witchcraft in 16th and 17th century in Britain has been focused on the religious, social, judicial, medical and economic aspects of the problem. The reason underlying accusations of witchcraft is a misunderstanding of the effects of harmful plants upon animals.
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ISSN:0015-587X
1469-8315
DOI:10.1080/0015587X.1990.9715787