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Witch window
In American vernacular architecture, a witch window (also known as a Vermont window) is a window (usually a double-hung sash window, occasionally a single-sided casement window) placed in the gable-end wall of a house〔George Nash, ''(Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes )''. The Taunton Press, Newtown, Connecticut, 2003, p. 8.〕 and rotated approximately 1/8 of a turn (45 degrees) from the vertical, leaving it diagonal, with its long edge parallel to the roof slope.〔〔Howard Frank Mosher, ''(A Stranger in the Kingdom )'', Houghton Mifflin Co., New York, 1989 (republished 2002), p. 46.〕 This technique allows a builder to fit a full-sized window into the long, narrow wall space between two adjacent roof lines.
Witch windows are found almost exclusively in or near the U.S. state of Vermont, generally in the central and northern parts of the state,〔Justin Falango, "(Architectural Details: New England )", Dover, Kohl & Partners, May 26, 2011; accessed 2012.04.23.〕 and principally in farmhouses from the 19th century.〔〔
==Etymology==
The name "witch window" appears to come from a superstition that witches cannot fly their broomsticks through the tilted windows.〔〔〔Evan Coughlin, (Window That Fends Off Witches? ), Newslinc, October 14, 2010; accessed 2012.02.15.〕〔For more about witches flying through windows, see Angelique Van Engelen, "What Made Witches Fly?" (http://ezinearticles.com/?What-Made-Witches-Fly?&id=484076), ''Ezine Articles'', August 12, 2010.〕 The windows are also known as "coffin windows";〔 it is unclear if they really were used for removing a coffin from the second floor (avoiding a narrow staircase), or if the odd placement on the wall was reminiscent of a coffin.〔〔See Pacita T. de la Cruz, ''Adaptive re-use: An Early Twentieth Century Approach in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, by Dr. George Woodward, Developer, and Herman Louis Duhring, Jr., Architect''. M.S. Thesis, University of Pennsylvania, 1984, p. 147.〕 Either explanation seems far-fetched.〔〔 They are alternatively known as "Vermont windows" because of their distribution,〔 and as "sideways"〔 or "lazy windows"〔 for their orientation.
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