Caray,Catherine
Case Reference: C/EGD/2210
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2210 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Catherine Caray |
| Case Start Date | 3/6/1616 |
| Case Date | 3/6/1616 |
| Common Name | Caray,Catherine |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Marwick Collection | D31/4/3 | His 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 Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/1417 | No |