Beware of the witch by iaacf
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Thank you for your comments on my also very white posting.
This is the city of Oudewater. The building on the left is called Heksenwaag.. which means something like 'place were witches are to be measured'. In fact from the 16th till the 18th Century the building was used for this purpose. The weight of the women discovered their ideentity. 'To light' meant this could be a witch. To be very sure on this point lots of women were bound after they had been measured. Than they had to be thrown in the water in front of the building. When they drawned it was clear that they were no witch.. but when they floated on the water it was very clear they had to be a witch. No need to say what the result of this treatment usually was.
Also very white
Comments (20)
A great shot of this old place Oskar the Netherlands own version of a leaning tower
We have the same tradition, the 'Ducking Stool'. Victoria Beckham would be unlucky if we still did it!
Yes it is indeed a beautiful place. Lovely colors and light there :)))
interesting history.. and nice photo
wat een prachtig plaatje, echt Hollands
Beautiful!
A sad place to be sure. The test for a witch varied in different places but the drowning test was pretty standard.
Looks to be a nice place to live, nice compo:):):)
Excellent picture. Todd
Ik ben er , een tijd geleden ook gewogen!......geen heks!! groet, Niek
Excellent capture.
Very beautiful architecture and fascinating history. Looks like there were witch hunts all over the world during that period of history. Nicely done and thanks for the narrative.
great story great picture
wonderful capture of these interesting buildings
Excellent shot of this beautiful place. I like very much this kind of houses!
Excellent Shot!!!!
They all died. Sure.
Intersting buildings and thanks for the explanations ! A very great shot with a nice composition Hugs Virginie
Typical Dutch and beautiful !
Beautiful !!