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Note.—
“She's standing up for sacrifice,
Beneath the gallows-tree.”
Beneath the gallows-tree.”
The place of the execution of the witches and wizards of the neighborhood
of Salem is a naked hill, which overlooks the town and harbor. The tree
from which they were suspended, was standing a few years since, blasted and
dead with years—the heart of the wood only visible, like a gaunt skeleton,
blackened by exposure to sun and storm.
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