Andirsone,Jonet
Case Reference: C/EGD/882
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/882 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Jonet Andirsone |
| Case Start Date | 27/2/1617 |
| Case Date | 20/12/1621 |
| Common Name | Andirsone,Jonet |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: mostly charming with shirts (sarks). Could cure 'the waff of ane ill wind or foirspeiking'. This would be equivalent to removing a bewitchment or a fairy illness. She would be the kind of person someone would go to if they thought a witch was damaging them.
Ritual Objects
- Shirt
Religious Motifs
- Prayer
- Three
- Sign of the cross
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 | — |
- Charming
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | 2nd S, v8 pp. 345-7 | The kirk session and presbytery information is from the RPC, nothing was found in the presbytery and the Kirk session materials don't survive. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/1102 | No |
Case Notes
in 1617 she was called up to the kirk session for charming and admonished. She didn't stop, and was questioned by the presbytery in 1621.