has there ever been knowledge of healers drown by being tied in a chair attached at end of long pole. this pole was fixed to where they had it over land while placing healer on chair , then rotated out and over water. then ducked into lake.?
I believe you are speaking of witches being drowned, or perhaps victims of the Spanish Inquisition?
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joefromchicago
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Thu 12 Aug, 2010 08:26 am
@rebecca arwood,
It's called a ducking stool (or "cucking stool").
They were not typically used as a form of execution, although the Wikipedia article mentions their use in identifying witches through a means similar to "trial by ordeal of cold water."
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