Small,Helen

Case Reference: C/EGD/2364

Case Summary
Case RefC/EGD/2364
AccusedHelen Small
Case Start Date1/1/1649
Case Date18/1/1649
Common NameSmall,Helen
Characterization
TypePrimarySecondary
Maleficium
Implicated by Another

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: Accused of sending a stoup of barme to a neighbour who later died. Accused of causing illness in a woman after they quarrelled. The husband then reprimanded Small, their cow died but the wife got better. She denied the charges.

NameTitleInvolvementNotes
David Orme MrInvestigator

SourceReferenceNotes
Cupar Presbytery recordsCH2/82/1.See also J Campbell 'Balmerino and its Abbey' Edinburgh, 1936, p. 381. The project did not check this secondary reference as part of the research.
Trials (2)
Trial RefDateYearVerdictSentenceExecution
T/JO/1680 No
T/JO/2216 No