A crowd of townsfolk in tall hats and white bonnets gathers in a gloomy 1649 A.D. village, with a man locked in a pillory nearby

The Simpsons, “Treehouse of Horror VIII” (season 9, episode 4), 15:26–15:37

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What happens

A crowd of townsfolk in tall hats and white bonnets gathers in a gloomy 1649 A.D. village, with a man locked in a pillory nearby. The scene moves from the "Easy-Bake Coven" title over bare trees to the Sprynge-Fielde sign reading "First Toil, Then the Grave," then past Moe's Inn on a dirt street and a church, until three women bound to stakes come into view with flaming torches, a scythe and a pitchfork among the crowd.

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What's said

15:33 You are all hereby found guilty of the crime of witchcraft.
15:37 I sentence you hags to be burned at the stake until you are deemed fit to re-enter society

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