Witch of Pungo pardoned.

On the 300th anniversary of her dunking in the Lynnhaven River, Virginia's only witch, the Witch of Pungo, was pardoned. Her travails were detailed in an earlier article here. (The USAToday article had its headline changed to include the funny word "Pungo." A ceremony and re-enactment (not quite authentic, one hopes) was held, on land.

Nash's daughter, Danielle Sheets, was tied cross-bound, her thumbs to her toes, and placed in a small boat, just as Sherwood would have been.

"I be not a witch. I be a healer," Sheets shouted, in character. "Before this day be through, ye will all get a worse ducking than I."

Although the skies had been clear, as the real Sherwood was pulled from the water, a downpour supposedly started. The sky remained clear Monday.

Fire up any appropriate Monty Python references.