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Gresilons or pennywinkis as known in scotland, were a vice like device used to crush fingers and toes to a pulp. Commonly used during the witch hunts to torture confessions out of suspected witches
Gresilons or pennywinkis as known in scotland, were a vice like device used to crush fingers and toes to a pulp. Commonly used during the witch hunts to torture confessions out of suspected witches
Read about the bavarian witch hunts,women had their breasts removed with a device called "rippers" and were then forced to eat their own breasts and those were the ones who got off lightly!
I'm reading a book called "Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds". One of the tortures used on a suspected witch, was the Pilliewinkis. I had never heard of it before and was intrigued.
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I'm reading a book called "Extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds". One of the tortures used on a suspected witch, was the Pilliewinkis. I had never heard of it before and was intrigued.