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The Haunting Of Tituba (The Witch Cake II of IV)

Salem Village, Massachusetts
1692
 
Nathaniel Ingersoll's Tavern

 
She’s a witch screamed the gathering in the center of the village
Let her blood seep while her body twitches to death before her charms to our souls over spillage
I does not harm no one I look after these master’s girls
Ailed them in sickness with herbs, roots, pulled from the bed of da earth
A tradition in my world
Isa learned deem signs of da sun from me mistress from morn to night
Casting deeds when people fell ill and cleansing da souls with my hands not in fright
Hang her before she cast the first curse
Let the examination of this council determine this... this...Indigent servant’s worth
I tell you Master, my lips speak da truth
Justta sure as old bones rattle, and a witch speaks through a crooked tooth
Who has brought mayhem unto the lives of our young
Responsible for bloody sputters in the night from out the mouth drowning their lungs
I stand accused the devil made me do it
My name, I signed in da book to do his bidding so I used rye flour and mixed in with their piss
To see if the two can cause harm using his tricks
Fleshy blisters upon skin, confession of worshiping the darkest jinn’s, impurity thoughts in the name of sin  
You all retreat, but I knows you have it in for me to see me toe wiggling and body swinging from a tree
The witch cake I baked to the mouths the two did eat
A curse to the heart, their souls twisted in blasphemy now their evil speaks
I tell you Sarah Good and Sarah Osborne are witches, when it comes to the book, I did taka peek
I see da names transfixing me eyes
The mighty beast voice whispers to me telling me da tongue of the girls confesses to lies
Condemn them now, quick and fast
Before the moon hides the witch’s power from the sky  
Rid what ails they spirits before the sun rise
And you seen these names
I did sir, those two will bring this village darkness, wickedness, and shame
They need to be cleansed of this earth by being hanged
 
 
Written by SweetKittyCat5
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Author's Note
In 17th century England and New England, it was believed that a "witch's cake" had the power to reveal whether witchcraft was afflicting a person with symptoms of illness. Such a cake or biscuit was made with rye flour and the urine of the afflicted person. The cake was then fed to a dog

If the dog exhibited the same symptoms as the ill person, the presence of witchcraft was "proven." Why a dog? A dog was believed to be a common familiar associated with the devil. The dog was then supposed to point to the witches who had afflicted the victim

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