(Q112842328)
Statements
She pronounced an illness was due to Kirk spirits. She put hot stones on the threshold and then into water and used the water to wash a sick person to get rid of the Kirk spirits. Did the ritual three times. She was seen doing things around a loch. Said she could get someone's husband home from sea through a storm. She was accused of divining the future of when people would die and whether or not they would recover. She also caused an illness by placing a bundle of grasses with a woman's spinning. (English)
interesting case, two dittays survive in the RPC and she had a unique way of diagnosing disease by discovering which spirit was 'lying upon' her victim and then curing it with the usual stones in water.Mention of hill spirit, water spirits, and kirk spirit is as a possible cause of disease. I don't know exactly what this means in terms of non-natural beings?Caused a huge boil to disfigure a woman's face after she told people about her healing techniques.The first dittay and report of trial was from 1640, the second in RPC v8 was from 1643. (English)