Paine,Bessie
Case Reference: C/EGD/597
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/597 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Bessie Paine |
| Case Start Date | |
| Case Date | 1671 |
| Common Name | Paine,Bessie |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | ✓ | ✓ |
| White Magic | — | ✓ |
Notes: She performed many of her healing rituals on holy days.
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Her case is all about healing. She seemed to specialise in healing children and infants. She did many of her cures on the Sabbath and other holy days. Diagnosed bewitchment. A transcription of some of her case is in Larner et al.'s Sourcebook, p. 269. Some of her cures invovled moving the sick child around and putting it in a cradle. She supposedly left her 'witchcraft' on the hearth stone of her former house. The next family that moved in suffered losses to their cattle. She caused a cow to be put through a circle of green yarn for a cure.
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Thorn Tree
- Green
Ritual Objects
- Herb
- Hair
- Nail trimmings
- Shirt
- Fire
- Yarn
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: She cured cows and children. Also killed a cow.
White Magic
- Diagnose Bewitchment
- Candlemas
- Sabbath
- Charming
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Process Notes | JC26/38 | list of charges not sure if the official dittay. This source is transcribed in Larner et al.'s Sourcebook. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/1909 | No |