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Names of Well-known Witches

 

What names of famous witches are you able to think of? Should you're anything like me recently, not many! For such an instantly recognisable figure of legend and fiction, I realised it is shocking how few actually well-known real witches are still known today. We can think of The Wicked Witch of the East from the Wizard of Oz, Samantha from Bewitched and more recently Hermione Granger from Harry Potter, no problem. However outside of imaginary witches, there are also tales of real ones, those who created curiosity and intrigue of their time. Too lots of the true tales of their lives will now be lost but let's look at some of the names of well-known witches of history and what they have been famous/infamous for!

 

 

Granny Boswell 1813 - 1906

 

 

A Romany gypsy, she was known as a Cornish witch however was actually born in Ireland. She was a renowned troublemaker, at the very least in the eyes of the authorities, often to be seen drunk in the street! However her repute lives on in a curious story, as told by the son of a person that fell sufferer to her scorn. With vehicles being a novelty, Granny Boswell was fascinated by the sight of one about to come back towards her - as she stood in the road! The driver, the story teller's father, sounded the horn and told her to get out of the way. She shouted abuse and told him that the vehicle wouldn't make it to the top of the road. It didn't, they broke down earlier than they reached the top of the street.

 

 

Tammy Blee 1798 - 1856

 

 

Another of Cornwall's "cunning folk", Tammy Blee (Tamsin Blight) was know for going into trances in order to communicate with the dead. She was also an area charm maker, working with herbs and divination.

 

 

Pendle Hill Witches - 1612

 

 

The Pendle Hill Witches will go down in history as being on the centre of one of the biggest and most infamous witch trials in Britain. Essentially the most prominent characters had been "Old Demdike" and "Old Chattox" who were rivals who introduced their whole families into the feud with them! Eleven have been involved within the trials which relied heavily on prejudices, gossip and superstition and there was little hope of being found innocent. Demdike died in jail while Chattox, alongside with the foremostity of the accused, went to the gallows.

 

 

Joan Wytte 1775 - 1813

 

 

Known as "The Preventing Fairy Girl of Bodmin". While she started off as a clairvoyant and healer, she later grew to become aggressive resulting from a tooth abscess which unfortunately led to the locals believing her to be possessed by the devil. She was imprisoned in Bodmin Jail where she died of bronchial pneumonia. Her bones have been kept on the Witchcraft Museum till it is rumoured that poltergeist activity forced them to herald the assistance of a witch. She said that Joan wished to be laid to relaxation and he or she was lastly buried at Boscastle in 1998.

 

 

Dolly Pentreath Died 1777

 

 

The fish-spouse of Mousehole. She was a formidable character who took on the Press Gang as they arrived to search for males to "recuit" for the navy. She was additionally an astrologer and believed to have magical powers - but was always to be discovered smoking her pipe and drinking from her pint glass.

 

 

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