*Ø* Blogmanac August 22, 1751 | Milkless Butterfield; Ruthless Tring

One of the last women to be executed in England for witchcraft was drowned at Tring. Ruth Osborne, a woman in her 70s, had asked for some milk of a Mr Butterfield; when he refused her she wished his cattle would be taken by the Devil. As a result the townspeople took her and "ducked" her in the local pond. The authorities hanged Thomas Colley for the crime at the place of her drowning. The locals would not attend his execution, believing he had done the right thing in killing the old witch.