Scot,Elspit
Case Reference: C/JO/2843
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/JO/2843 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Elspit Scot |
| Case Start Date | 23/12/1612 |
| Case Date | 31/12/1612 |
| Age at Case | 30 |
| Common Name | Scot,Elspit |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: appears to be about charming and healing as accused confessed to this, but few other details.
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: South running water used, no words to be spoken on the way from collecting water or power of healing would be lost. Said that her own child had been taken by the fairies
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Changeling
Ritual Objects
- Water
- Shirt
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: recorded has having given advice about curing people.
- Charming
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Dougall | Witchcraft acquired from | taught accused healing rituals | |
| Janet Lyn | Witchcraft acquired from | mother of accused, taught her healing rituals |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Linlithgow presbytery records | CH2/242/1, 42-43. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/510 | Banishment | No |