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  Mother Shipton's Prophecies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Mother Shipton, also known as Ursula Sonthiel Shipton, was born in 1488 in Yorkshire, England, and lived until 1561.
Mother Shipton's prophecies are hoaxes, because it now appears that almost all of them were written by others after the events they described had already happened.
The existence of Mother Shipton herself is uncertain.
www.museumofhoaxes.com /shipton.html   (323 words)

  
 James Randi Educational Foundation — An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural
It is thus difficult to determine whether this English prophet actually existed as she is represented in folklore, though writings seriously ascribed to her are being reproduced even today.
      Mother Shipton was Ursula Southill (or Sowthiel, or Southiel), the incredibly ugly daughter of Agatha Southill, known locally herself as a powerful witch.
She is supposed to have been born in a cave at Dropping Well, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, in 1488, and because of her unfortunate appearance and reputed powers, was widely rumored to be the child of Satan.
www.randi.org /encyclopedia/Shipton,%20Mother.html   (604 words)

  
 Mother Shipton's Prophecies (Morgana's Observatory)
Mother Shipton (circa 1486-1561) was a legendary English witch and soothsayer, known as the Yorkshire Sibyl.
She is supposed to have married a builder named Tony Shipton in 1512, from whom she took the name by which she has been known to posterity.
It is said that Nother Shipton died at Clifton, Yorkshire, in 1561.
www.dreamscape.com /morgana/helene.htm   (957 words)

  
 hendaye.htm
Very little is known about either Fulcanelli or Mother Shipton; we don’t even know if they were real people.
Lastly, as some researchers are linking Mother Shipton’s prophesies into this whole subject, here’s a look at this renowned witch.
But it would seem that this was a mostly invented version of her life, although that did not stop a reprint in 1862, edited by an author called Charles Hindley - who later owned up to having invented some of the verses.
www.kithraskrystalkave.org.uk /hendaye.htm   (3255 words)

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