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@scothistrail Although Janet McKeoner was the only Penninghame person accused of witchcraft in that year, others had been accused in preceding years: Mary MacNairn in 1705, then John MacNairn and Jean Brown in 1706.
This aspect of Penninghame's history goes unmentioned in the #wikipedia article, though it has a paragraph about the Kirk minister of the time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penninghame

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In 1603, a thirteen-year old boy called Jean Grenier from La Roche-Chalais, a small barony in France’s Dordogne region, stubbornly confessed that he was a werewolf. The young shepherd boy’s troubles had begun in May when he encountered three female cowherds who were discussing the latest wolf attacks in the region.

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https://notevenpast.org/primary-source-when-harry-met-a-werewolf-manuscript/

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