Identifying a Witch

The next step to identifying a witch was to keep her awake for at least two or three days to lure her familiars into coming to her assistance. This was known as watching the witch and sometimes it was combined with walking or making the accused woman stay on her feet, pacing around until she injured herself. In Hopkins account, the familiars in this case appeared on the fourth night and there were 10 people in the room when it happened. The imprisoned Clark named several other witches from the community including Elomancer, Pie Wackett, Heck in the Crown, Grizzle, and Greedy Gut.