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The Witches of Scotland tartan - Lilith7 - 25-04-2025
Scotland has decided to make a tartan especially for the victims of witch hunts from 1563 to 1736.
It only took a few centuries...
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/02/26/a-living-memorial-witches-of-scotland-tartan-honours-the-victims-of-witch-hunts
The design was created to honour the victims - mostly women (oh,now surprising!) who were burned or executed in other ways (usually hanging) & is intended to bring attention to past injustices, when people were killed because they practised midwifery, folk medicine.
https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/02/26/a-living-memorial-witches-of-scotland-tartan-honours-the-victims-of-witch-hunts