That bloody mongrel Walcott charge her. Y’see, he buy a pig of my wife four or five year ago, and the pig died soon after. So he come dancin’ in for his money back. So my Martha, she says to him, "Walcott, if you haven’t the wit to feed a pig properly, you’ll not live to own many," she says. Now he goes to court and claims that from that day to this he cannot keep a pig alive for more than four weeks because my Martha bewitch them with her books!
– Arthur Miller
The Crucible, Act 2. Giles Corey explains how his wife Martha was charged with witchcraft because an unhappy pig buyer accused her out of a desire to seek revenge. When she refused to give Mr. Walcott his money back for a pig that died from his poor care, he claimed that she was a witch.