Monday, 4 April 2011

Diary of Betty Parris- December 1690:

Abigail and I have been spending much time with Tituba and she has been telling us about fortunetelling. Today, Abigail and I decided we would try fortune-telling for ourselves and so together we looked into a cup filled with milk and egg to find out who we might marry.  We were very startled when we saw an image of a coffin looking back at us.  My parents have spoken to us about death often and I know that death can come for anyone at any age, so when we saw this we were terrified. Abigail told me not to tell anyone what we saw.  We have decided to keep this discovery to ourselves as not to alarm my parents but I must confess, I find myself thinking of it often.


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