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    Owned by Rev. Samuel Parris of Salem, Massachusetts
    One of the first three people accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials (1692)
    First of the accused to confess

Why she might be annoying:

    Little is known of her background, including whether she was African or a Caribbean Indian.
    She allegedly taught Parris' daughter Elizabeth and her friends how to tell fortunes by dropping an egg white into a glass of water.
    After Elizabeth began acting strangely, she baked a 'witch cake' with rye and Elizabeth's urine, which was then fed to a dog that would then reveal the identity of Elizabeth's tormentor.
    Some historians think that without her confession, the witch hunt would have fizzled out.
    Instead, she fueled a hysteria in which nineteen people were executed.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Rev. Parris may have beaten the confession out of her.
    She recanted her confession while in prison.
    Rev. Parris then refused to pay the jailer's fee to get her out of prison.
    As a result, she spent thirteen months in jail until someone else paid seven pounds for her release and bought her from Parris.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 31 Votes: 54.84% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 37 Votes: 75.68% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 28 Votes: 53.57% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 55 Votes: 41.82% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 36 Votes: 33.33% Annoying