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Two things, Mollie, firstly, how can you say that "they really did hang witches there" when you state in your opening post that you could find very little info on the subject? Secondly, the "public executions" shirley Haggs Castle was a private residence? Hence the refs to Paisl...
So, the "Witches Tree" is really a symbolic reference to the public murders carried out in Paisley, given that executions at the time did not take place on private property? I wonder if the tree was used to reenact the killings, much as we do with the effigy of Guy Fawkes? Nope, they real...
There are still a few mature trees on the property, one in particular looks like it may have been planted around the same time as the "hanging tree" but as I said in my first post, when you look at the photo, there's no trees in the background except in the distance, these are probably ar...
Hope someone can help me with this, because I've exhausted most other options! Been researching the witch trials in Scotland, and know that there's a tree in the grounds at Haggs Castle from which they used to hang witches. This is quite a well known fact, it would be talked about when they gave tou...