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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.
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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]
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 ship was named after Cutty-sark, the nickname of the witch Nannie Dee in Robert Burns's 1791 poem Tam o' Shanter. The ship's figurehead , the original of which has been attributed to carver Fredrick Hellyer of Blackwall, is a stark white carving of a bare-breasted Nannie Dee with long black hair holding a grey horse's tail in her hand. [ 27 ]
Lilias Adie (c. 1640 – 1704) [1] was a Scottish woman who lived in the coastal village of Torryburn, Fife, Scotland. [1] She was accused of practising witchcraft and fornicating with the devil but died in prison before sentence could be passed.