The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in AnthropologyMurray, Margaret Alice
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The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology
Murray, Margaret Alice
Ethnology; Witchcraft -- Great Britain
1616. Elspeth Reoch of Orkney. Sho confest that quhen shoe wes ane young
las of twelf yeiris of age or therby and haid wandereit out of Caithnes
quher sho wes borne to Lochquhaber ye cam to Allane McKeldowies wyfe quha
wes your ant That she upon ane day being out of the loch in the contrey and
returning and being at the Loch syd awaiting quhen the boit sould fetch hir
in. That thair cam tua men to her ane cled in blak and the uther with ane
grein tartane plaid about him And that the man with the plaid said to her
she was ane prettie And he wald lerne her to ken and sie ony thing she
wald desyre.... And thairefter within tua yeir she bure her first bairne
And being delyverit in hir sisteris hous the blak man cam to her that first
came to hir in Lochquhaber And callit him selff ane farie man.... On yule
day she confest the devell quhilk she callis the farie man lay with her At
quhilk tyme he bade hir leave Orkney.[940]
1618. Joan Willimot of Leicester. This Examinate saith, That shee hath a
spirit which shee calleth Pretty, which was giuen vnto her by William Berry
of Langholme in Rutlandshire, whom she serued three yeares; and that her
Master when hee gaue it vnto her, willed her to open her mouth, and hee
would blow into her a Fairy which should doe her good; and that shee opened
her mouth, and he did blow into her mouth; and that presently after his
blowing, there came out of her mouth a Spirit, which stood vpon the ground
in the shape and forme of a Woman, which Spirit did aske of her her Soule,
which shee then promised vnto it.[941]
1633. Isobel Sinclair of Orkney. Sex times at the reathes of the year, shoe
hath bein controlled with the Phairie.[942]
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