(Q112842284)
Statements
A cure involved drinking a mixture of wort and butter. She was to bath in woodbine and roset hett - a combination of plants. She took the blood of a red cock, and baked a bannock with it. Then she took one of her patients shirt and dipped it into a well. Saidler believed that one of her patients was being bewitched by Jonet Stewart, she tried to counteract the magic, failed and told her patient to beg for the forgiveness of Stewart. When she couldn't do a cure, she sent for Levingstone for cures. She used Quick-silver. (English)
She was part of a group of four women who appear to have been recognised folk healers who met, taught each other, cured for each other and generally worked together as professionals (the group includes c/egd/136, c/egd/133, c/egd/132, c/egd/131). There is no mention of the Devil.Claimed to be able to cure leprosy and that she learned the cure from her dad. Was consulted as a healer. She believed that Jonet Stewart had laid a bewitchment on one of her paitients. She worked with Cristian Levingston. (English)