THE WITCHES OF
LLANDDONA
Anglesey, Llanddona, St
Dona's Church - August 2008
There is a quaint story
that is told of the village of Llanddona, that
relates to three witches from Ireland, who had been
outcast in a boat full of holes, yet managed to
come ashore at Llanddona,
and settled there.
by Ross Davies
(Pentraeth)
People believed in the malevolent powers of witches
right up to the 18th century and, probably beyond
that as well.Witches
were so feared and hated that they were blamed for
everything going
wrong in the lives of villagers, from various
maladies to the deaths of
valuable farm animals or even human
beings.An ancient law also
advocated the death by hanging of any witch found
guilty of such deeds. However,
in 1736, this old law was repealed because
Parliament became concerned that too many charges
against such women were based on very unsafe
evidence, so from that year on, no woman paid with
her life just for being a so-called witch
Posted 11:22
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Witches, Spanish Circus act or really a Witch from Ireland? I wonder!