would you have been accused of being a witch?
http://www.historyextra.com/witchtest
***go to the link and take the quiz
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Funny, I actually live with a witch. I'll have to send him the quiz. 
And gasp! My cat is black..
I have been called a witch once or twice in my life. 
should I turn her in?? but that whole threat thing... she does get creative
were accused of being "practitioners of the Black Arts." The son of one of them came to America with the early settlers.
I think they were mainly herbalists and alchemists. Doctors and biologists run in my family to this day.
They probably did "ride the wind" though....
Part of my family is from Cornwall, one was in a coven!
with just as much expediency if accused. Here is a definitive list of names that proves that men were executed for it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_for_witchcraft
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In my ancestors' case--it got kind of messed up with English/Scottish political stuff (Mary Scots, King James, the Reformation). They could use alleged witchcraft as an excuse to do land takeovers and such, ie. a political motive. So they were killed and emprisoned for not being loyal to King James, and one escaped to America and became a farmer in VA.
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But you're right that the Malleus Maleficarum of 1487 -- said that women were MORE likely to be witches, especially when they behaved like men --(lacked "proper female decorum" 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum
"The treatise describes how women and men become inclined for witchcraft. The authors argue that women were more susceptible to demonic temptations through their manifold weaknesses of their gender. It was believed that they were weaker in faith and more carnal than men.[27] Michael Bailey claims that most of the women accused as witches had strong personalities and were known to defy convention by overstepping the lines of proper female decorum.[28] After the publication of the Malleus, it seems as though most of those individuals prosecuted as witches were women.[29] Indeed, the very title of the Malleus Maleficarum is feminine, alluding to the idea that it was women who were the villains. Otherwise, it would be the Malleus Maleficorum (the masculine form of the Latin noun maleficus or malefica, 'witch'). In Latin, the feminine "Maleficarum" would only be used for women while the masculine "Maleficorum" could be used for men alone or for both sexes if together.[30]"
Birds of a feather ride the wind 
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can put their energy out through their fingers. I saw a Chinese Chi Gung practitioner revive an almost dead rabbit one time just by holding it (truly). And of course there's the whole "healing touch" training which nurses often do. So I completely believe you. Your Vidie sounds wonderful. Only good, very positive people can do this IMO. Mean selfish people don't develop this ability because they don't want to give anything away. That's a generalization but you know what I mean.
What was once known as witch craft is really the focusing of energy. Many applications. I'm not so good at touch myself--I do better with mental pictures & visualizing. I have a sister who works with touch healing.
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So according the quiz, it's highly likely!
And they didn't even ask an education quiz
In most tribal cultures, probably not.
"Begging lay at the root of many witchcraft allegations, and beggars were often accused of practising witchcraft against those who had refused them help."
