Tulloch,Agnes

Case Reference: C/EGD/2223

Case Summary
Case RefC/EGD/2223
AccusedAgnes Tulloch
Case Start Date13/6/1616
Case Date13/6/1616
Common NameTulloch,Agnes
Characterisation
TypePrimarySecondary
Not Enough Info ✓ ✓

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: Healed by touch. She was refused the use of an ox, and thereafter the ox lost its strength.

  • Revenge

SourceReferenceNotes
Marwick CollectionD31/4/3His notes on primary documents that aren't held in Orkney. Also Dalyell, J G 'The Darker Supersitions of Scotland' (Edinburgh, 1834), p. 62. See also C. Rogers 'Social Life in Scotland' Edinburgh, 1846, Vol 3 pp. 301-2. The project did not check Larner's reference to these printed secondary sources as part of the research.
Trials (1)
Trial RefDateYearVerdictSentenceExecution
T/LA/1426 13/6/16161616 No