She was already dead, of course, live witches being somewhat difficult to hang...

That was literally one of my favorite lines in the whole series. Years later, when I read Harry Potter doing his report on the witch burnings that tried to make the same point in a more verbose and clumsy fashion, I just sniffed contemptuously and puffed on an imaginary pipe. Only because I don't have a braid to tug or breasts under which to cross my arms.