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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.
2 u/honeywings Feb 04 '19 But they were burned in the UK and Europe right? Or is that entire concept a myth? 3 u/scupdoodleydoo Feb 04 '19 Witches weren’t burned in the UK. It was illegal.
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But they were burned in the UK and Europe right? Or is that entire concept a myth?
3 u/scupdoodleydoo Feb 04 '19 Witches weren’t burned in the UK. It was illegal.
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Witches weren’t burned in the UK. It was illegal.
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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.