witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone

Summary

witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone is a witchcraft investigation^[1].

Key Facts

• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's instance of is recorded as witchcraft investigation^[2].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's start time is recorded as +1671-04-23T00:00:00Z^[3].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's end time is recorded as +1671-05-18T00:00:00Z^[4].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's point in time is recorded as +1671-04-23T00:00:00Z^[5].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's significant event is recorded as trial of Elspeth Thomsone^[6].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's main subject is recorded as Elspeth Thomsone^[7].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's including is recorded as demonic^[8].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's including is recorded as maleficium^[9].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's including is recorded as neighborhood dispute^[10].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's has characteristic is recorded as pact with the devil^[11].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's has characteristic is recorded as pact with the devil^[12].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's has characteristic is recorded as pact with the devil^[13].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's has characteristic is recorded as property damage^[14].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's has characteristic is recorded as malice^[15].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's defendant is recorded as Elspeth Thomsone^[16].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's first line is recorded as People were taking thatch from her roof, especially from above her door, to stop her harmful magic from working. Interestingly, she was described as earnestly offering apples to someone who refused (presumbably out of fear that they were tainted). Elspeth was suspected of becoming angry at this refusal and caused harm. She interferred with milk churning, and injured infants of people she quarrelled with. Neighbours testified that Janet Callen, executed for witchcraft in 1659, had left holes in Elspeth's hearth stone from when she lived there.^[17].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's first line is recorded as Mostly quarrelling and threats. But, Janet Callen, executed for witchcraft in 1659, had lived with Elspeth and supposedly left holes in her hearth stone. This could have played a part in her developing witch reputation. Interesting reference to Thomsone being upset at not getting an invitation to a baptism (very much like Sleeping Beauty).A delerious man claimed to have seen the Devil as a rat that bit him and that he saw him coming towards him in his yard.She killed a baby after she wasn't invited to the baptism. Quarrels about work, borrowing things, and social slights.^[18].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's uses is recorded as counterstrategy^[19].
• witchcraft investigation of Elspeth Thomsone's Survey of Scottish Witchcraft - Case ID is recorded as C/EGD/587^[20].