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Border Life: 17th Century witches 

Posted on July 20, 2022 by mwcraig11

https://www.itv.com/news/border/2022-04-29/border-life-17th-century-witches-and-hidden-gems

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Tell me more – Midlothian Witches

Posted on May 30, 2021 by mwcraig11

A short podcast with Lea Taylor and me chatting about witches in Midlothian.

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John Kincaid the witch brodder

Posted on April 18, 2021 by mwcraig11

Witch brodders or witch prickers were one of the few individuals involved in witchcraft trials that made a living. They were paid for every witch they detected. They were the specialist who could find the ‘Devil’s Mark’ on a suspected … Continue reading →

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Proof in witchcraft cases

Posted on March 28, 2021 by mwcraig11

The courts in Scotland in the 17th century recognised four ‘proofs’ of witchcraft. Having a bad reputation, being a ‘quarrelsome dame’ or having a history of bad behaviour was the first proof. This proof was the weakest the courts recognised … Continue reading →

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An Edinburgh ‘witch’

Posted on March 4, 2021 by mwcraig11

I am currently writing the story of an Edinburgh woman who was put on trial in 1645 as a witch. An ordinary woman she was trying to survive in a world of famine, plague and civil war with an absent … Continue reading →

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Borders Witch Hunt

Posted on November 15, 2020 by mwcraig11

My talk at the National Library of Scotland about the 17th century witchcraft trials in the Scottish Borders.

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Podcast

Posted on November 21, 2022 by mwcraig11

Borders Bletherings Everyone knows the history of Scotland: the romance of the highlands with Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Northern Isles with their Pictish and Viking heritage, Dundee with Jute and Jam, Glasgow and its shipyards and Edinburgh and the New … Continue reading →

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Agnes Fynnie

Posted on July 11, 2021 by mwcraig11

On the 11 July 1644 Agnes Fynnie was arrested and sent to the Tolbooth in Edinburgh. There were twenty charges of witchcraft and sorcery on the court dittay. That whereas by the eighteenth chapter of Deuteronomyand the twentieth of Leviticus, and … Continue reading →

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Talks

Posted on July 6, 2021 by mwcraig11

Border Witches I talk to Border Life about the Border Witches of the 17th century https://www.itv.com/news/border/2022-04-29/border-life-17th-century-witches-and-hidden-gems Witches of Scotland I talk with Claire and Zoe from Witches of Scotland about the 4 proofs, quarrelsome dames and the woman accused of … Continue reading →

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Kelso, 1662

Posted on June 20, 2021 by mwcraig11

On 12 June 1662, Sir Archibald Douglas of Kelso obtained a Commission from the Privy Council to try four accused witches: Bessie Thomson, Malie Jonstoun, Agnes Quarie and Malie Turnbull. Douglas was a fervent Covenanter and was extremely outspoken in … Continue reading →

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