THE NORTH BERWICK WITCHES - The Myths & Legends Art Print

A storm at sea, a frightened king, and the trials that started twa hunner year ae it.

In 1590 James the Sixth sailed hame fae Denmark wi his new queen and near enough didnae make it. The weather battered them the whole way and twa attempts had tae be abandoned.

A king could have called that whit it was, which is the North Sea in winter. He didnae. He decided somebody had raised it deliberately, and he went looking fur them in North Berwick.

Aboot seventy folk were caught up in it. Agnes Sampson was a midwife and a healer, an aulder woman who'd spent her life helping folk in that toun. She was tortured until she agreed tae whitever they pit in front ae her, and then she was strangled and burnt oan Castlehill.

The king sat in oan the questioning himsel, then wrote a book aboot it. Ower the twa centuries that followed, somewhere near twenty-five hunner people in Scotland were executed as witches. Maist ae them were women, and near aw ae them were poor.

It is the darkest thing in this book, and it is the wan bit that actually happened.

Why ye'll want this oan yer wall:

🔷 Ye'll no find this anywhere else. Original artwork fae The Wee Book o' Scottish Myths & Legends, made fur the book and printed fur yer wall. It isnae oan Amazon, it isnae oan Temu, and it never will be.

🔷 Nae poster-shop tat. Museum-quality 189 gsm matte paper sourced fae Japan, 10.3 mil thick and 94% opaque. Nae glare under a lamp, nae shine, just the art. Printed in the UK tae order.

🔷 Sized fur a real wall. A4 up tae A1, aw the exact same shape, so it drops intae any frame ye can lift aff a high-street shelf.

🔷 The perfect gift. Fur anybody who's stood oan that beach and thought aboot whit went oan there.

Created by wan Scottish lad fae scratch. Every print helps me keep the whole Whit Did Ye Say? thing going. Ye're no just buying a poster, ye're funding Scottish patter preservation. Yer maw would be proud.

It wisnae witchcraft. It was the weather. 🔥

The paper: 189 g/m² enhanced matte, 10.3 mil thick, 94% opacity, ISO brightness 104%, sourced fae Japan.

Sizes: A4, A3, A2 and A1. Aw four are the same proportions, so the art sits identically whitever ye pick. Frames arenae included.

Delivery: Printed in the UK to order, so allow aboot ten days. Ships rolled in a sturdy tube.

Returns: Cancellations within 14 days of delivery. For a change-of-mind return, you pay the direct return postage. Read the returns policy.