A Wallis,Helen
Case Reference: C/LA/3057
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/LA/3057 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Helen A Wallis |
| Case Start Date | |
| Case Date | 13/6/1616 |
| Common Name | A Wallis,Helen |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: cast a suitor's left shoe over the house to determine if one should marry him. Walked thrise around the church with a bare head and hair flowing.
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: cured a cow that almost suffocated in a mire.
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Marwick Collection | D31/4/3 | His notes on primary documents that aren't held in Orkney. More information on her in Dalyell, J. G. Darker Superstitions of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1834, pp. 285, 389, 451-2, 520. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/1425 | 13/6/1616 | 1616 | No |