Quite often many of the accusers would have endured unreliable tests to verify if the accused were actually witches. The religious Puritans tested the accused villagers with an inaccurate test called “witch cake.” The test consisted of taking the blood or urine of the victim and mixing it with rye flour, the cake or biscuit is then baked and fed to a canine. The witch cake was fed to the canine in hopes that it would confess the names of the witches. Canines were believed to be a common creature associated with Satan.
