Blair,Magdalin
Case Reference: C/LA/2949
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/LA/2949 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Magdalin Blair |
| Case Start Date | 16/3/1658 |
| Case Date | 22/3/1659 |
| Common Name | Blair,Magdalin |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: The record only has witness ratification of dittay items. Doesn't say what the dittay said or what the witnesses ratefied.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: A woman found a lump of flesh in her bed in the shape of a hand and fell ill. The same woman hired a woman from Dunblane to cure her with a drink. A man cam to her for advice about the removal of a bewitchment. She told the man to grip the suspected witch's coat tail and drink ale with her and ask for his health 3 times for God's sake. She made bad predictions which came true.
Ritual Objects
- Flesh
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: Prayed Malice on a man who made her pregnant and did nothing to help her. Blair claimed a woman stopped being nice to her after Blair had healed her husband.
- Charming
- Sorcery
- Appeasement
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Buchanan | Investigator | ||
| Duncan Nairn | Investigator | ||
| Robert Russell | Investigator | ||
| Mathias Simpson | Mr | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Circuit Court Books | JC10/1 fo. 240r-240v, 241r | |
| Process Notes | JC26/26 bundle 3 'stirling witches', item 17 | arraignment list |
| Process Notes | JC26/26 bundle 3 'stirling witches', item 4, 5 | witness statements taken by the bailies |
| Process Notes | JC26/26 bundle 3 'stirling witches', item 11 | charmes of the Stirling witches |
| Process Notes | JC26/26 bundle 3 'stirling witches', item 22 | witness list |
| Process Notes | JC26/26 Stiriling Court Roll |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/1132 | 22/3/1659 | 1659 | Not Guilty | No |