19 Signs You’d Be Called a Witch in the Middle Ages

Who was thought to be a witch in the Middle Ages? If you're an adult independent woman and don't have any additional financial support, this would’ve qualified you as a witch several centuries ago. But it was considered a bad sign for both men and women to be too poor. Homeless people and beggars were often accused of being witches. Anybody who didn't like people wandering around the neighborhood asking for food and money could rat them out to the authorities as witches.
So has it ever come to your mind that you’d make a great witch? Let's check whether people in the 17th century would’ve agreed with you. These signs will show if your impersonation of Maleficent is justifiable!
TIMESTAMPS:
You're a female 0:51
You’re a woman and you’re too rich for your own good 1:33
You’re too poor 2:12
You’re too young 2:38
You’re too old 3:10
You’re a married woman with too many kids 3:33
You’re a married woman with no kids 4:06
You have more than one female friend 4:36
You’re a woman who has argued with a friend or a neighbor 5:02
You have a rebellious character 5:26
You can swim 5:57
You’re a married woman having an affair 6:33
You try to predict your future husband's identity 6:57
You’re a midwife 7:28
You have a habit of talking to yourself 8:01
You aren't good at public speaking 8:41
Milk or butter has gone bad in your fridge 9:41
You have a pet 10:12
You have a mole or birthmark 10:50
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SUMMARY:
- During the infamous witch trials in Salem, Massachusetts, which lasted from 1692 to 1693, 14 women and only 5 men were convicted for engaging in witchcraft.
- Very young girls were often believed to be witches. A respectable wise age couldn't protect a woman either. Quite the contrary, older women, whether they were married or not, were extremely vulnerable to accusations.
- According to popular opinion back then, only dark magic could provide a woman with an extremely fertile womb.
- If you were a married woman but had too few kids or no children at all, those around you believed that you had been cursed with infertility.
- If you were a woman who had several female friends and you gathered together without a male presence, you could be suspected of witchcraft.
- Witch hunters held such power in the community and were feared so much that many people used it to their advantage and accused their enemies of witchery.
- Several centuries ago, people believed that only witches could swim. That's why women suspected of witchery were lowered into water.
- If her adultery was caught, there was no way at all to avoid being convicted as a witch. She had no chances of survival in this case.
- Unfortunately, midwives who helped other women during pregnancy and labor were considered witches in the 17th century. Authorities believed that their knowledge of herbs and ancient medicine was connected with evil forces.
- If you occasionally mutter something to yourself, be it a shopping list or an earworm, you must be a witch! At least, that's what people in the 17th century believed.
- In those days, almost any pet was considered a “familiar.” And if you had a familiar in its animal form, it was a sure sign that you were a witch.
- Moles and birthmarks were seen as sure signs that a woman was marked and practiced witchcraft.
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