Tailzour,Jonet
Case Reference: C/EGD/2262
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2262 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Jonet Tailzour |
| Case Start Date | 29/1/1633 |
| Case Date | 11/11/1634 |
| Age at Case | 58 |
| Common Name | Tailzour,Jonet |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | — | ✓ |
Notes: She seems to have been a healer but local people seem to have turned on her and complained about her transferring illness and cursing them.
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Many details about her healing rituals some of which used words in the form of prayers. Others involved complicated use of south running water, hair and nail trimmings, bannocks, and other objects.
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Thorn Tree
Ritual Objects
- Water
- Clothing
- Stones
- Nail trimmings
- Bannock
- Hair
Religious Motifs
- Prayer
- Trinity
- 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 | — |
Disease Notes: Seems to have been a recognised healer as many witnesses described her cures. They seemed concerned that the cures went wrong and other people/animals then took ill.
- Failed healing
- Revenge
- Charming
- Sorcery
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Stirling Presbytery records | CH2/722/5. | See also Ronald 'Landmarks of Old Stirling', p. 354. The project did not check Larner's reference to this printed secondary source as part of the research. |
| Stirling Burgh Court Book | B66/17/7, 23/3/1633 | Note in burgh court book that she had been tried for witchcraft and banished and that the burgh was not to give her shelter in the future. This reference was supplied by John G. Harrison from Stirling. |
| Privy Council Register of Commissions | ADV. MA 31.3.10, fo. 54r. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1468 | Execution | Yes |