Caray,Catherine

Case Reference: C/EGD/2210

Case Summary
Case RefC/EGD/2210
AccusedCatherine Caray
Case Start Date3/6/1616
Case Date3/6/1616
Common NameCaray,Catherine
Characterization
TypePrimarySecondary
Unorthodox Religious Practice
Folk Healing
Not Enough Info

Elphane/Fairyland
Food/Drink
Verbal Formulae
Ritual Acts
Familiars
Shape Changing
Dreams/Visions
Unorthodox Religious Practice
Sympathetic Magic
Riding Dead

Notes: She used a thread and gave it in the name of the father, son and holy ghost and said 'bone to bone, synnew to synnew, and flesche to flesche, and bluid to bluid' to cure man or beast. Took earth and stone from where a man was slain to cure ulcer. Used stones to diagnos and cure spirit illnesses.

Ritual Objects
  • Thread
  • Stones
  • Earth
Religious Motifs
  • Trinity

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

SourceReferenceNotes
Marwick CollectionD31/4/3His notes on primary documents that aren't held in Orkney. Dalyell, J G 'The Darker Superstitions of Scotland' (Edinburgh, 1834), pp. 118, 126 & 536. The project did not check Larner's reference to this printed secondary source as part of the research.
Trials (1)
Trial RefDateYearVerdictSentenceExecution
T/LA/1417 No