Smart,Tibbie
Case Reference: C/EGD/33
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/33 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Tibbie Smart |
| Case Start Date | |
| Case Date | 1586 |
| Common Name | Smart,Tibbie |
|---|
Characterization
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: She was consulted by a group of people to get revenge.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Her purse was found by a man in town, and it contained pickles of quheit beir (wheat bere), great salt pieces, pieces of coal, thread, joint bones, and other things of various colours. She used the shear and riddle (sieve) to get gear for people.
Shape Changing
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| Animal | Brok, [badger] |
Ritual Objects
- Sieve
- Thread
- Shears
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: Threatened a man who found and opened her purse, he died. She diagnosed his lamb problem Accused of killing 10 people.
- Sorcery
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Process Notes | JC26/1/13 | See also PROC. S.R.O. LIST The project was unable to locate this source/reference at the NAS so were unable to check it. We doubt that it even exists. |
| Process Notes | JC26/2 |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/1640 | Guilty | Banishment | No |
Case Notes
She was tried and banished, and then a new indictment was drawn up later that incorporated that guilty verdict as item 8.