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The witches of Dogtown

As the inland village of Dogtown on Cape Ann emptied in the early 19th century, its last poor residents, among them Thomazine 'Tammy' Younger, 'Queen of the Witches', gained reputations as witches.

1830 CE · 42.63, -70.67 · status: legend

The account

Passers-by reportedly left Tammy Younger fish and corn so they could pass her house safely. The village was nearly abandoned by 1828 and the last resident left in 1830. In the Depression, Roger Babson had stonecutters carve mottoes on its boulders.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Dogtown, Massachusetts
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