Carswell,Jonet
Case Reference: C/LA/3102
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/LA/3102 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Jonet Carswell |
| Case Start Date | |
| Case Date | 18/7/1579 |
| Common Name | Carswell,Jonet |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: She did a cure using 'plasteris and bathis of ???, and blak snailles upoun ane pece blak mantillone yairin' to cure a bad leg. Also used bluid cress [watercress?], and a pece of blak clayt.
Ritual Objects
- Clay
- Thread
- Snail
- Watercress
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 | — |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Canongate Burgh Court Book 1574-77 | SL150/1/2 p. 370-3 |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/1500 | 18/7/1579 | 1579 | Not Guilty | Released | No |