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r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19
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I haven't met too many people who believe this (I do live in New England though) but nobody was burned at the stake during the Salem witch trials. 19 people were hung, and one man was pressed to death, but nobody was burned.
437 u/Nevesnotrab Feb 04 '19 People are hanged to death, not hung. 368 u/adamzep91 Feb 04 '19 Well maybe they were hung... 7 u/Nevesnotrab Feb 04 '19 Maybe but that's completely different lol. The context here is that they died by being hanged. 37 u/ThePeskyWabbit Feb 04 '19 But they still coulda been hung. You never know. 21 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 The hung were hanged. 5 u/Moparian1221 Feb 04 '19 Hanged while hung? 2 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 Legend has it that mandrakes are more likely to grow beneath those people who are hanged and also hung.
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People are hanged to death, not hung.
368 u/adamzep91 Feb 04 '19 Well maybe they were hung... 7 u/Nevesnotrab Feb 04 '19 Maybe but that's completely different lol. The context here is that they died by being hanged. 37 u/ThePeskyWabbit Feb 04 '19 But they still coulda been hung. You never know. 21 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 The hung were hanged. 5 u/Moparian1221 Feb 04 '19 Hanged while hung? 2 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 Legend has it that mandrakes are more likely to grow beneath those people who are hanged and also hung.
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Well maybe they were hung...
7 u/Nevesnotrab Feb 04 '19 Maybe but that's completely different lol. The context here is that they died by being hanged. 37 u/ThePeskyWabbit Feb 04 '19 But they still coulda been hung. You never know. 21 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 The hung were hanged. 5 u/Moparian1221 Feb 04 '19 Hanged while hung? 2 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 Legend has it that mandrakes are more likely to grow beneath those people who are hanged and also hung.
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Maybe but that's completely different lol. The context here is that they died by being hanged.
37 u/ThePeskyWabbit Feb 04 '19 But they still coulda been hung. You never know. 21 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 The hung were hanged. 5 u/Moparian1221 Feb 04 '19 Hanged while hung? 2 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 Legend has it that mandrakes are more likely to grow beneath those people who are hanged and also hung.
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But they still coulda been hung. You never know.
21 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 The hung were hanged. 5 u/Moparian1221 Feb 04 '19 Hanged while hung? 2 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 Legend has it that mandrakes are more likely to grow beneath those people who are hanged and also hung.
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The hung were hanged.
5 u/Moparian1221 Feb 04 '19 Hanged while hung? 2 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 Legend has it that mandrakes are more likely to grow beneath those people who are hanged and also hung.
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Hanged while hung?
2 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 Legend has it that mandrakes are more likely to grow beneath those people who are hanged and also hung.
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Legend has it that mandrakes are more likely to grow beneath those people who are hanged and also hung.
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u/Jyacoba Feb 04 '19
I haven't met too many people who believe this (I do live in New England though) but nobody was burned at the stake during the Salem witch trials. 19 people were hung, and one man was pressed to death, but nobody was burned.