The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft

1563-1736

By Julian Goodare, Lauren Martin, Joyce Miller and Louise Yeoman, January 2003

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Case Details

C/JO/3008 Shiach nein Dod

name of accused
Shiach nein Dod
designated title
no information
Accused Reference
A/JO/2874
Case date start
9/4/1650
Given case date
no information
Case commission
no information
case complaint
no information
case correspondence
no information
case chronicle
no information
other details
no information

characterisation

  • consulting (secondary characteristic)
  • maleficium (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (primary characteristic)
Characterisation Notes
Very little information but the accused was consulted by 1 other to carry out a charm so that they would get the profit back from 'the danke' which was formerly theirs.
additional persons
name involvement notes
no additional persons recorded

Qualitative information

Non-natural beings

Notes
None
  • no information

Demonic pacts

  • no information

witches meetings

Notes
None

Meeting places

  • no information

musical instruments

  • no information

Folk culture

Notes
None

Counter strategies

  • no information

white magic

  • no information

Elf/fairy elements

  • no information

Shape-changing

  • no information

Ritual objects

  • no information

Religious motif

  • no information

Calendar customs

  • no information

Diseases or illness

Notes
Consulted by 2 others to help them get profit back from property that was previously theirs.

Cause of witch's malice

  • no information

Other maleficia

  • Property damage

    • Damage to property

    • no information

    weather modification

    • no information

    Notes
    None

    Other charges

    • Charming
    Notes
    None

    Plea

    Claimed bewitched
    no
    Claimed possessed
    no
    Admitted lesser charges
    no
    No defence
    no
    Claimed natural causes
    no
    Notes
    None
    Case Notes
    None
    references
    name notes
    Dingwall Presbytery records CH2/92/1, pp 58, 60. None