Is There a Witch in the Community?

Could it be that simple people spotted an opportunity and cynically invented accusations as a way of getting back at neighbors or family members that had antagonized them in the past? I asked marian her opinion on this. i think you have to look at a range of factors in each case. There isn't a lovely, one sized fits all for witches. For every george burrows that you could argue was accused for causing trouble, there was a respectable a nurse. On the next episode we'll be asking what made women more likely to be accused of witchcraft.