McJohn,Andro

Case Reference: C/JO/3082

Case Summary
Case RefC/JO/3082
AccusedAndro McJohn
Case Start Date28/9/1603
Case Date28/9/1603
Common NameMcJohn,Andro
Characterization
TypePrimarySecondary
Folk Healing
Not Enough Info

Notes: This is all about healing but the presbytery referred to it as witchcraft.

Elphane/Fairyland
Food/Drink
Verbal Formulae
Ritual Acts
Familiars
Shape Changing
Dreams/Visions
Unorthodox Religious Practice
Sympathetic Magic
Riding Dead

Notes: Claimed to heal the gut using water and butter.

Ritual Objects
  • Water
  • Butter

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: Claimed he healed the gut and learned it from another called (illegible) Campbell. His mother could cure broken bones?

NameTitleInvolvementNotes
John Stirling Laird of KeirComplainerbrought complaint to presbytery

SourceReferenceNotes
Stirling Presbytery recordsCH2/722/3.
Trials (1)
Trial RefDateYearVerdictSentenceExecution
T/JO/1465 No