SATIRE SATURDAY: Dunking


 

SATIRE SATURDAY: Dunking

During the burning times, many people believed that only witches could swim. Because of this, they would throw people into bodies of water to see if they would float. Sometimes they remembered to tie a rope around the person first so they could pull them out if they turned out to be innocent. The process was called ducking or dunking. It was, of course, a ridiculous idea and many people drowned because of it. People in power even created a device to help them determine whether or not someone was a witch. This device was a huge lever that had a stool on one end. It made it easy to dunk the accused in water without the accusers getting wet. The device had several names: a dunking stool, a ducking stool, or a cucking stool.

The reason I personally find the idea of being dunked ridiculous. This is because I am a witch, and I would have easily passed this test. Not only can I barely swim, but I literally sink like a stone as soon as I stop moving. I can’t float at all. I don’t know if this is because of bone or muscle density or some other physical anomaly. Logically, I should float great since I have a goddess figure. It’s a Venus of Willendorf goddess figure, but a goddess figure none the less. I do know that there are other women in my family who have the same issue, and they too possess witchy abilities. Sometimes I wonder if it’s because of some curse (or blessing) one of our ancestors did to keep from being convicted during the burning times, but sadly there’s no way to know.

I hope you’ve enjoyed reading today’s entry. Have a great weekend! Blessed be!

*photo credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunking *

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