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/LA/2893 Mother of Jonet Chrystie

name of accused
Mother of Jonet Chrystie
designated title
no information
Accused Reference
A/LA/2775
Case date start
no information
Given case date
no information
Case commission
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case complaint
no information
case correspondence
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case chronicle
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other details
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characterisation

  • Implicated by another (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (primary characteristic)
Characterisation Notes
She consulted with Reid to destroy David Libbertoun a burgess baxter in Edinburgh. I think Reid was hired to remove a bewitchment, he seemed to be taking off lots of illnesses in the Chrystie household, and guiding the attack on D. Libberton for the Chrystie's not himself.
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

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Folk culture

Notes
Reid claimed that he prepared an enchanted piece of flesh for her to lay under her enemies' stable door.

Counter strategies

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white magic

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Elf/fairy elements

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Shape-changing

  • no information

Ritual objects

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Religious motif

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Calendar customs

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Diseases or illness

Notes
She supposedly wanted to get someone, and used Reid to do it. Reid was a healer, so this may have been somekind of unwitching thing, because lots of members of her family underwent healing rituals from Reid.

Cause of witch's malice

  • no information

Other maleficia

Damage to property

  • no information

weather modification

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Notes
It was said that she wanted Reid to harm crops and animals.

Other charges

  • no information

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
Books of Adjournal JC2/3 f. 1001 None
Pitcairn v ii, p. 421-422 Same text as JC2/3