TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agoAncient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?message-squaremessage-square164fedilinkarrow-up1305arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1294arrow-down1message-squareAncient wisdom often sounds like common sense now that it is commomly taught. What is some ancient wisdom that we no longer teach because it was wrong?TheLadyAugust@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square164fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekingaloo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·10 months agoDrowning women to determine if they are witches.
minus-squarePotatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoIt still works now. 100% of people drowned are absolutely not witches!
minus-squareEverythingispenguins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoAre you sure? I don’t know if it has ever been definitely proven that witches float. We might have accidentally drowned a few witches.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-210 months agoIf you had magic powers, would you let a bunch of dumbshit muggles who believe in witches drown you?
Drowning women to determine if they are witches.
It still works now.
100% of people drowned are absolutely not witches!
Are you sure? I don’t know if it has ever been definitely proven that witches float. We might have accidentally drowned a few witches.
If you had magic powers, would you let a bunch of dumbshit muggles who believe in witches drown you?