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Wise women, cunning folk and witches, as the stories told them.

Witches · Ghosts · EdinburghMajor Weir and the Burning StaffThe holiest man in the West Bow never prayed without his staff, and when the truth came out, the staff burned with him.Read the tale Standing stones · Witches · OxfordshireThe King Who Became a StoneA king, a witch and seven long strides: why the Rollright Stones can never be counted.Read the tale