About 20 carvings in “a wide range of designs” including some meant to trap demons or to seek help from the Virgin Mary have been found at... A set of markings known as “witches marks” have been ...
More than 20 marks were discovered by a volunteer at Gainsborough Old Hall in Lincolnshire, England Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...
A set of markings known as “witches marks” have been discovered carved into the walls of a historic medieval manor in England. The "witches" or apotropaic marks — believed to protect against witches ...