That is a notorious sign of witchcraft afoot, Goody Nurse, a prodigious sign.
– Arthur Miller
The Crucible, Act 1. Thomas Putnam makes this claim as he points to a "whimpering" Betty Parris. Betty has just been heard to cry out at the mention of the name of Jesus during the singing of a psalm. Putnam, whose wife mysteriously lost seven of her babies, helps promote the climate of hysteria about witchcraft and Devil worship in Salem.