And to make matters even worse, if something strange were to happen after the arguments, like cattle falling ill, then the woman was definitely a witch. For example, Elizabeth Clawson confronted Abigail Wescot for accusing her of being a liar, which caused Wescot to accuse Clawson of being a witch. Mercy Disborough had also had an argument with a townsman to whom she had sold a kettle. The townsman accused Disborough of being a witch because the kettle he bought for her was brand new once he bought it, but when he got home it was old and spoiled. The town man returned to Disborough and demanded that she return his money, but Disborough refused and denied that she had anything to do with the rotting of the kettle, earning him being accused of being a witch. It is therefore easy to see how it was so easy to accuse a woman of being a