Patty Parsons The Witch And Other Village Characters
Superstition, belief in the evil eye, witchcraft and witch-hunting no doubt have their part in Weston's story as in the history of other places.
Around the year 1810 there was a witch getting around this district. She was Patty Parsons, who lived at Kewstoke in a cottage on the side of the hill near where the toll gate lodge stands.
Local historian Ernest Baker wrote about her. He would not vouch for the truth of all the stories told of Patty, but set them down as they were told to him. "When I was a child it was my great delight to sit at my mother's knee and listen to stories of old Westonians, and especially of Patty the witch," he wrote.
All the people round about were afraid of Patty we are told. They would quickly get out of the way if they saw her coming, and apparently she traded on their fears. Boldly she would call at house or cottage, and everything of the best - eggs, butter, and cheese - were handed her. No one would risk giving her offence. Full Story
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Around the year 1810 there was a witch getting around this district. She was Patty Parsons, who lived at Kewstoke in a cottage on the side of the hill near where the toll gate lodge stands.
Local historian Ernest Baker wrote about her. He would not vouch for the truth of all the stories told of Patty, but set them down as they were told to him. "When I was a child it was my great delight to sit at my mother's knee and listen to stories of old Westonians, and especially of Patty the witch," he wrote.
All the people round about were afraid of Patty we are told. They would quickly get out of the way if they saw her coming, and apparently she traded on their fears. Boldly she would call at house or cottage, and everything of the best - eggs, butter, and cheese - were handed her. No one would risk giving her offence. Full Story
Related: religion, wicca, pagan, spells
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