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During the height of the witch trials of the 16th and 17th centuries, common belief held that a witch could be discovered through the process of pricking their skin with needles, pins and bodkins – daggerlike instruments for drawing ribbons through hems or punching holes in cloth.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Pricking | related to In literature | The | 0.60 | section |
| Pricking | related to In literature | John Buchan | 0.60 | section |
| Pricking | related to In literature | Witch Wood | 0.60 | section |
| Pricking | related to In literature | Robert Neill's | 0.60 | section |
| Pricking | related to In literature | Witch Bane | 0.60 | section |
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