Haldane,Issobell
Case Reference: C/EGD/935
| Case Ref | C/EGD/935 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Issobell Haldane |
| Case Start Date | 15/5/1623 |
| Case Date | 11/8/1623 |
| Common Name | Haldane,Issobell |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Fairies | ✓ | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | — | ✓ |
Notes: Recorded in the PC as being held in tolbooth under suspicion of 'using of charmes'. She was seems to have been a healer who received her power from fairies. Although she denied being a healer.
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: She confessed to using special water. She washed a sick child and asked for healing in the name of the father, son and holy ghost. Then cast the bairns shirt in the burn. She was nearly able to transfer the disease, but she spilt some water and it didn't work. She was asked if she met fairies, she answered yes, 10 years prior. She claimed that she stayed in a fairy hill for three days -Thursday till Sunday. Met with a man with a grey beard. She made 3 cakes, out of 9 handfuls of meal gotten from 9 different women. She collected well water for healing. Sharg - tiny ill-thriving creature, probably a changeling.
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Changeling
- Group of fairies
- Fairy hill
Ritual Objects
- Water
- Shirt
- Bannock
Religious Motifs
- Trinity
- Prayer
- Three
- Nine
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 was asked if she had skill of curing. She said no. Fortold the death of a child. She was caught stealing bere, and said threatening words. Her powers came from the fairy.
- Charming
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | v13 p. 270 | |
| Spottiswoode Miscellany | Vol 2, p 304-5. | Spottiswoode is an edited copy of KS records. KS investigated a woman who had consulted Haldane for healing advice. |
| RPC | 2nd S, v8 p. 352-354 | Same as Pitcairn v ii, p. 537-538 |
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/370 | No |