Not forgetting the reference in our very own directory here :)
Hmmmm and still i find no specific references to the smithers sisters who also were tried and put to death at the stake during the first salem witch hunts.
Infact, it was the sisters three that actually sparked the hunts in salem in the first place, so i guess, they might not be in the actual salem witch trials because they were tried and put to death before the hunts actually started. However, there is no mention of exactly why the hunts started, just that they did. Interesting.
i think the two girls were pulling a prank and it got out of control. PPL in that time were very gullable and as such many innocent ppl were killed...not much has changed today
and what of the scientific theory that the odd behavior could have very well been caused by a chemical reaction procured by a type of mold that was known to grow on their grain at the time?
most people are scared of what is different then themselves and back then it was a easy way of getting rid of the differences as to let the way that "they" seem fit survive. Just like when christianity first started they actully held both pagan and christian services together before the christians took over and burnt books and people that didnt want to follow. talk about putting the fear of "god" into someone lol