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Cutty-sark (18th century Scots for a short chemise or undergarment [1]) is a nickname given to Nannie, [citation needed] a fictional witch created by Robert Burns in his 1791 poem "Tam o' Shanter", after the garment she wore. In the poem, the erotic sight of her dancing in such a short clothing caused the protagonist Tam to cry out "Weel done ...
The music intensifies as the witches are dancing and, upon seeing one particularly wanton witch in a short dress, Tam loses his reason and shouts, '"Weel done, cutty-sark!" ("cutty-sark": short shirt). Immediately, the lights go out, the music and dancing stop, and many of the creatures lunge after Tam, with the witches leading.
Witchfinders were people who were paid to test whether someone was a witch. The witchfinder in Newcastle witch trials came from Scotland. [5] He was paid 20 shillings [2] per "witch" he found. In the end, the witchfinder in Newcastle trials was cast into prison. [1]
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The Cutty Sark is a tea clipper ship built in Scotland, now in permanent dry dock at Greenwich, London Cutty Sark may also refer to: Cutty Sark (whisky), a brand of Scotch whisky "Cutty Sark" (short story), a short story by Ivan Yefremov; Cutty-sark (witch), a character created by Robert Burns in Tam o' Shanter
Cutty-sark (witch) → – Users opposed to the previous move proposal focused on the fact that the subject "is" a witch, ignoring MOS:REALWORLD, which says that Wikipedia presents topics from a real-world perspective, describing fictional characters as objects of the narrative rather than according to their in-universe qualities. Witches aren ...
The witch trials were divided in the waves of 1578-1585, 1589-90, 1595-96, 1598-1605 and 1609. The high peak of the trials were the witch trials of 1595-96, when 41 women were burnt alive at the stake between June 1595 and July 1596. Rottenburg was known as a witch trials center and the 1595 trial attracted attention from the University of ...
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