Saidler,Christian
Case Reference: C/EGD/133
| Case Ref | C/EGD/133 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Christian Saidler |
| Case Start Date | 12/11/1597 |
| Case Date | 12/11/1597 |
| Common Name | Saidler,Christian |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Folk Healing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
Notes: She was part of a group of four women who appear to have been recognised folk healers who met, taught each other, cured for each other and generally worked together as professionals (the group includes c/egd/136, c/egd/133, c/egd/132, c/egd/131). There is no mention of the Devil.
| Devil Present | No |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: A cure involved drinking a mixture of wort and butter. She was to bath in woodbine and roset hett - a combination of plants. She took the blood of a red cock, and baked a bannock with it. Then she took one of her patients shirt and dipped it into a well. Saidler believed that one of her patients was being bewitched by Jonet Stewart, she tried to counteract the magic, failed and told her patient to beg for the forgiveness of Stewart. When she couldn't do a cure, she sent for Levingstone for cures. She used Quick-silver.
Ritual Objects
- Plant
- Herb
- Shirt
- Blood (animal)
- Bannock
- Metal
Harm
| Human Illness | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Human Death | — |
| Animal Illness | — |
| Animal Death | — |
| Female Infertility | — |
| Male Impotence | — |
Methods
| Aggravating Disease | — |
|---|---|
| Transferring Disease | — |
| Laying On | ✓ |
| Quarreling | — |
| Cursing | — |
| Poisoning | — |
Healing / Other
| Removal of Bewitchment | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Recognised Healer | ✓ |
| Healing Humans | ✓ |
| Healing Animals | — |
| Midwifery | — |
| Property Damage | ✓ |
| Weather Modification | — |
Disease Notes: Claimed to be able to cure leprosy and that she learned the cure from her dad. Was consulted as a healer. She believed that Jonet Stewart had laid a bewitchment on one of her paitients. She worked with Cristian Levingston.
Property Damage Types
- Dairy
- Counter-magic
- Appeasement
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Books of Adjournal | JC2/3 fo. 224-229 | |
| Pitcairn | v ii, p. 25-29 | almost the same text as JC2/3 |
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/42 | 12/11/1597 | 1597 | Guilty | Execution | Yes |