Scottie,Agnes

Case Reference: C/EGD/2215

Case Summary
Case RefC/EGD/2215
AccusedAgnes Scottie
Case Start Date13/6/1616
Case Date13/6/1616
Common NameScottie,Agnes
Characterization
TypePrimarySecondary
Unorthodox Religious Practice
Not Enough Info

Elphane/Fairyland
Food/Drink
Verbal Formulae
Ritual Acts
Familiars
Shape Changing
Dreams/Visions
Unorthodox Religious Practice
Sympathetic Magic
Riding Dead
Ritual Objects
  • Ash
  • Cloth
Religious Motifs
  • Three

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 CollectionD31/4/3/His notes on primary documents that aren't held in Orkney. Also Dalyell, J G 'The Darker Superstitions of Scotland' (Edinburgh, 1834), pp. 52, 87, 179, 388. See also C. Rogers 'Social Life in Scotland' Edinburgh, 1846, Vol 3 p. 298. The project did not check Larner's reference to these printed secondary sources as part of the research.
Trials (1)
Trial RefDateYearVerdictSentenceExecution
T/LA/1421 13/6/16161616 No