Ratter,Elizabeth
Case Reference: C/JO/3012
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/JO/3012 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Elizabeth Ratter |
| Case Start Date | 9/6/1708 |
| Case Date | 9/6/1708 |
| Common Name | Ratter,Elizabeth |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | — | ✓ |
| Refused Charity | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: Accused appears to have been refused alms but also consulted for healing advice. The whole family appear to have been unpopular and asking for charity.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | ✓ |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Accused appears to have advised a man to go to Sandness church, and sit in the dark and smoke some tobacco and he would be cured of a sickness, which he claimed had been caused by being given a banock by one of the Ratter sisters.
Ritual Objects
- Bannock
- Tobacco
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 had asked for some corn, which was refused, Told the person that she had got corn from her neighbour the previous year and the neighbour had a very good crop. Implied threat to the crop.
Property Damage Types
- Crops
- Refusal of alms
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Duncan | Mr | Investigator | |
| John Mitchell | Mr | case referred to Mitchell |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Shetland Presbytery records | CH2/1071/1, p 152. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1277 | No |