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a French women, called Joana Ferres as their witchcraft teacher and said that they met frequently in the house of Joana Toy. She also explained that they scrubbed their armpits, and other parts of the body and flew through the air to meet under a pine tree, with a demon who appeared as a very handsome young man wearing red clothes. The demon played the
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nights in an area called "la cuadra d’en Palet" where they waited for the devil, who appeared in a chair wearing a red. When he appeared, the neighbour said that the women kissed his hand. After the devil served a sinister dinner, he played the flute and fell into a scandalous orgy with the women.
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The accusations against the women were surprising. In one, Margarida
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Given the climate of hysteria in the town, on 26 December 1618, the officials of the town of
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women, if they occurred, could have had a practical component, such as discussion and resolution of domestic problems or health issues. At the time, problems related to sexuality or female health had been marginalised by exclusively male practitioners of 'official' medicine.
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present day railway bridge, on 27 October 1619. The women hanged were
Margarida Tafanera, Eulalia Totxa, Joana Sabina, Guillermina Font (known as Miramunda) and Miquela Casanovas (known as Esclopera). However, to this day, it is not known what happened to Joana Toy.
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advisors. They detained and condemned six women, some of which had already been released by the
Inquisition a few years before. Their names were Margarida Cotilla, Joana de Toy, Joana Sabina, Micaela Casanovas, Eulàlia Totxa and Guillermina Font (known as Miramunda).
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