Jane Weir
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title:
Jane Weir
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Jane Weir or Jean Weir, was a Scottish woman executed for witchcraft. She was the sister of Major Thomas Weir who was charged with incest and witchcraft in 1670 and was subsequently executed. Weir was born near Carluke in Lanarkshire. Her brother Thomas Weir was a strict Protestant whose spoken prayers earned him a reputation that attracted visitors to his home in Edinburgh. Following his retirement in 1670, Weir fell ill and began to confess to a secret life of crime and vice. The Lord Provost
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Scottish woman executed for witchcraft
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Weir
date created:
2013-08-12T20:58:53Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T11:02:02Z
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