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The Trial of Goody Garlick

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Elizabeth's Coughing Fit

Three women of the town were watching over Elizabeth. She started to address Goody Garlic, who was not with them physically. "I would tear her in pieces and leave the birds to pick her bones," she said. Later had a coughing fit, which the women tried to calm using oil and sugar - an alleged treatment for witchcraft. And at that point, Elizabeth allegedly coughed up a pin; different women witnessed that a pin fell out of her mouth.

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