Though the exact origin of the black pointy hat associated with witches isn't totally clear the most common suggestion is Quaker women. In the mid 1600s the Quaker religion was founded in England and their beliefs were considered radical, especially that men and women were spiritual equals and women could become preachers. Quakers were persecuted and imprisoned for their difference and the women were often accused of witchcraft. Another explanation points to a cap Jewish men wore in medieval Europe willingly at first then in 1215 they were forced to wear the Judenhut to identify them as Jews. A lot of weird things trace back to religion, kind of makes a person go hmm.
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