Statute of Secrecy of 1692

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> Has anyone considered the possibility of a connection between the
> Statute of Secrecy of 1692 and the Salem Witch Trials in the same
> year? I realize that the trials took place in America, but
> Massachusetts was a British colony at the time. (My ancestor, 
Martha
> Carrier, was hanged there.)
> 
> If the question has already been answered, just point me in the 
right
> direction.
> 
> Thanks,
> Carol

I don't know if it's been discussed, but it seems like a sound 
connection to me.  IMO, the distance between Massachusettes and the 
British Isles is not that great in the Wizarding World because of 
the ability to apparate.  Who's to say that when the witch fever 
spread in Salem that the "real" wizards in the Potterverse didn't 
apparate to Britain/Europe, which could be one explanation why in 
the Potterverse we do not hear of any wizarding schools in the 
colonies.  

I like the idea!

Julie