What do old ballads from Scotland and England tell us about witches? (I’m defining witches here as women who practice magic.) Today, witchcraft in the Western world is practiced in a lot of different ways. And for those on the outside looking in, it might still look evil, it might look like it’s in league with the devil. But for others it might look more wholesome, more earth based. And in the old songs, like today, witches also have very mixed reputations. In fact, two different types of witche

Mysterious 'witches marks' discovered in ancient cave in Creswell Crags, England