Parish,Barbria
Case Reference: C/JO/2883
| Case Ref | C/JO/2883 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Barbria Parish |
| Case Start Date | 12/3/1647 |
| Case Date | 30/5/1647 |
| Common Name | Parish,Barbria |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Fairies | ✓ | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
Notes: Demonic as primary as it seems those involved may have read fairies as meaning the Devil or devils. The Devil was only mentioned once compared to several mentions of fairies.
| Devil Present | No |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
She confessed that she put her own hand on the crown of her head and the other upon the sole of her foot and declared all betwixt the two over to a black man with black clothes and that the devil appeared to her.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Devil's Mark | nip on right cheek below ear |
| Head and foot | |
| Body and soul |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Female Fairy | green clothes/kirtall |
| Male | black man in black clothes |
| Male Fairy | green clothes/grey hat |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Used term 'good neighbours' who wore green kirtalls. The fairies wanted a nurse for one of their own offspring. BP told them to go to a neighbour's house but the woman would not go with them and so her child was killed. This may indicate a changeling type motif but it is not mentioned specifically.
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Green
- Group of fairies
- Good Neighbours
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: One of the company whirled them all in the wind. Woman in green put sickness on one of her neighbours. She put whirl wind in the house of one of her neighbours and caused the woman to 'rattell till death'.
Weather Modification Types
- Whirlwind
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Lothian | Mr | Minister | heard her confession |
| Walter Murray | Sir | local laird but no official involvement |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Livingston Kirk Session records | CH2/467/1, pp 76-83. | Several entries record her confession but very little about trial. Last entry notes that she is to be buried or burnt. Likely it is to be buried as it mentions that there is not to be a kist. This reference was received from Chantal Hamill, Linlithgow. |
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/797 | Yes |