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  2. November gale - Wikipedia

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    November gale is the formally accepted name of the weather phenomenon. "Witch of November" and its variations are historical maritime and meteorological slang. [7] Derivative names include "Witch Storm", "November Witch", and "Witch gale". November is known in the Great Lakes region as the "month of storms". [8]

  3. Kate McNiven - Wikipedia

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    Kate McNiven, also called Kate Nike Neiving or Catharine Niven, was a nurse and accused witch who served the House of Inchbrakie in the Parish of Monzie, near Crieff in Scotland. The date of her death is disputed, ranging from the 16th to 18th century. [ 1 ]

  4. Nine sorceresses - Wikipedia

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    The nine sorceresses or nine sisters (Welsh: naw chwaer) are a recurring element in Arthurian legend in variants of the popular nine maidens theme from world mythologies. . Their most important appearances are in Geoffrey of Monmouth's introduction of Avalon and the character that would later become Morgan le Fay, and as the central motif of Peredur's story in the Peredur son of Efrawg part of ...

  5. Moll Dyer - Wikipedia

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    Local legend keeps that Moll Dyer was a 17th-century colonist in Leonardtown, Maryland. Dates surrounding the origin of this folktale are hazy, but the consensus is that the events took place during a February in the late 1690s- during the Maryland Witch Trials that resulted in multiple acquittals and one recorded death. There are currently no ...

  6. Umineko When They Cry - Wikipedia

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    The fourth game Alliance of the Golden Witch was released on December 29, 2008 at Comiket 75. [6] The first game in the Umineko no Naku Koro ni Chiru series, entitled End of the Golden Witch, was first released on August 15, 2009 at Comiket 76. The sixth game Dawn of the Golden Witch was released on

  7. Margaret Mattson - Wikipedia

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    A popular legend tells of William Penn dismissing the charges against Mattson by affirming her legal right to fly on a broomstick, saying "Well, I know of no law against it." [1] [8] The record fails to show any such commentary, but the story probably reflects popular views of Penn's socially progressive Quaker values. [13]

  8. Petronilla de Meath - Wikipedia

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    Petronilla was tortured and forced to proclaim that she and Kyteler were guilty of witchcraft. Kyteler fled to save her life, and Petronilla was then flogged and eventually burnt at the stake on 3 November 1324, [1] in Kilkenny. [2] [3] Hers was the first known case in Ireland or Great Britain of death by fire for the crime of heresy.

  9. Obayifo - Wikipedia

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    An obayifo is a vampire/witch-like mythological creature from West Africa coming from the folklore of the Ashanti. [1] In Ashanti folklore, obayifo are very common and may inhabit the bodies of any man or woman. They are described as having shifty eyes and being obsessed with food.