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In Search of Sawney Bean
Flash forward 20 years. Here I am in Scotland, searching for the ‘truth’ about Sawney Bean.
Retiring to a Starbucks just down the Royal Mile, I take up a book. This is one of the most thorough investigations of the Sawney Bean story, by witchcraft expert Ronald Holmes. [2] In his book, Holmes traces the legend back to its earliest publication in about 1700, when it appeared in a fold-it-yourself pamphlet (technically an early ‘broadsheet’), printed in Carlisle. for more click here
