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Lillias Aide

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Lilias Adie (1640 – 1704) was a Scottish woman who lived in the coastal village of Torryburn, Fife, Scotland. She was accused of practising witchcraft and fornicating with the devil but she died in prison before sentence could be passed.

Illness among local residents created a brief but intense period of witch-hunting in the area. Jean Bizet had accused Adie of witchcraft, proclaiming "beware lest Lilias Adie come upon you and your child." This resulted in the arrest of Adie, who was very likely over 60 years old at the time of her arrest.

Adie was taken to the local minister to answer to the crime of witchcraft. For over a month she was imprisoned and subjected to rough interrogation day after day before she finally 'confessed'.

Lilias Adie was buried on the beach at Torryburn Bay, in a wooden box, between the low and high tide marks.The "hulking half-ton" stone they further put on top of her grave was indicative of locals' fears that the she might rise again nd wreak her revenge on those responsible for her death.

This is such a sad place to visit. It's hard to convey the heaviness of the energy here and terrible, terrible sadness. One can only wonder what it was like to live in a time of such intense hatred and fear.

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