Note 591 — Chapter II · THE WITCH TRIALS
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Various persons accused of witchcraft, says Boguet, “ont confessé qu’ils faisoient la gresle en Sabbat afin de gaster les fruicts de la terre.”—Discours des sorciers, p. 144. Storms were supposed to be occasioned by the devils. “Telle est l’origine de l’habitude de sonner les cloches pendant les orages.”—L. F. A. Maury, La Magie, p. 102. Paris, 1860.