Hunter,Helen
Case Reference: C/EGD/2288
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2288 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Helen Hunter |
| Case Start Date | 5/4/1643 |
| Case Date | 26/4/1643 |
| Common Name | Hunter,Helen |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
| White Magic | — | ✓ |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: She did a diagnosis to determine whether or not milk was bewitched. She read the bubbles in the milk.
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 | — |
White Magic
- Prophesy
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| His notes on primary documents that aren't held in Orkney. Marwick collection in Orkney Archives also notes there was/is information in Records of Orkney Sheriff Court but the primary source has not been located. J G Dalyell 'Darker Superstitions of Scotland' Edinburgh, 1834, pp. 109; 256; 514. The project did not check this secondary reference as part of the research. | ||
| Marwick Collection | D31/4/3. | Marwick collection in Orkney Archives also notes there was/is information in Records of Orkeny Sheriff Court but the primary source has not been located. |
| Orkney Presbytery Records | CH2/1082/1. |