Citation

Halliday R. Folklore 2014; 125(1): 113-124.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014)

DOI

10.1080/0015587X.2013.837674

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Betty Potter's Dip, an unmarked roadside location at Boxted in Essex, is named after Elizabeth Potter, an eighteenth-century suicide who was buried there. Folklore has since assumed that she was a witch. This paper examines the events surrounding Elizabeth Potter's death and burial in relation to the practice of burying suicides by the roadside, and discusses why some roadside burials may have been associated with witches. © 2014 The Folklore Society.

Language: en