It has been surmised that the
witch's
tit found by some
inquisitioners has actually been the
clitoris.
It is a
theory based on historical research indicating that the interrogations sometimes:
This, combined with
folklore detailing that a witch's tit was a hidden "
teat from which the
devil himself would
suckle" and drive the witch into a frenzy, leads to the conclusion that Interrogators would most likely test any
witch's tit they found for such a response.
* It is believed that some "
witches" were merely women living outside the
Puritan societies of the early Americas, who familiarized themselves with
herblore and knowledge about the
human body. Most of them spent their days as
midwives applying the knowledge to their trade. Being outside the Puritan
moral society, it was likely that the interrogators found them convenient
scapegoats and targets for
sexual harassment.