Helen Pugh<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Onthisday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Onthisday</span></a> in 1765, the last “witch” was burnt in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Somerset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Somerset</span></a>.</p><p>➡️ Mary Norwood, living in Axbridge, was accused of killing her husband with witchy poison. </p><p>➡️ On 8th May in Ilchester, she prayed and sang a hymn – amazing she could find any voice at such a time. Then, she was garrotted and her dead body was burnt to ashes. </p><p>➡️ People believed that by burning her body she wouldn’t come back as a ghost! </p><p>For more witches, check out Unsung Women in Somerset. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/witch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/witches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>witches</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>