Manson,Kathareen
Case Reference: C/LA/3054
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/LA/3054 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Kathareen Manson |
| Case Start Date | 18/3/1660 |
| Case Date | 3/4/1665 |
| Common Name | Manson,Kathareen |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: Marwick's notes do not provide solid enough evidence on which to base a primary characterisation.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Used a wresting thread to cure a wrested cow. Was paid 40 pennies for a cure. Made a charm out of something like ground salt put into a cloute and put onto a cow's back. A blue thread around a man's waist. Worm grass for curing the worm. Fasting and meat eating.
Ritual Objects
- Thread
- Salt
- Cloth
- Herb
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: Suspected of working with another woman to destroy the Laird of Halcrowe who was oppressing the people.
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Marwick Collection | D31/4/3 | His notes on primary documents that aren't held in Orkney. He found the info in Church Life in South Ranaldsay and Burray. |
| Marwick Collection | D31/1/2/8 | transcription of her appearance in front of the burrik session. From a printed primary, Church Life in South Ronaldsay and Burray in the Seventeenth Century, by Rev. J.B. Craven (Kirkwall, 1911), pp. 30-31, 48, 49 |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/1413 | No |
Case Notes
She was questioned by the kirk session repeatedly over the course of 15 years for charming and witchcraft. But they never seem to have formally charged her.