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In American vernacular architecture, a witch window (also known as a Vermont window, a coffin window, or a sideways window) is a window placed in the gable-end wall of a house 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. These windows are found almost exclusively in or near the U.S. state of Vermont, principally in farmhouses from the 19th century. The name “witch window” appears to come from a superstition that witches cannot fly their broomsticks through the tilted windows. 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. Either explanation seems far-fetched. (via palmsies)

In American vernacular architecture, a witch window (also known as a Vermont window, a coffin window, or a sideways window) is a window placed in the gable-end wall of a house 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. These windows are found almost exclusively in or near the U.S. state of Vermont, principally in farmhouses from the 19th century.

The name “witch window” appears to come from a superstition that witches cannot fly their broomsticks through the tilted windows. 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. Either explanation seems far-fetched.

(via palmsies)

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