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WITCH STORIES
COLLECTED BY
E. LYNN LINTON,
AUTHOR OF “AZETH THE EGYPTIAN,” “AMYMONE,” ETC.
LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193 PICCADILLY. 1861.
AUTHOR OF “AZETH THE EGYPTIAN,” “AMYMONE,” ETC.
LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193 PICCADILLY. 1861.
E. LYNN LINTON,
AUTHOR OF “AZETH THE EGYPTIAN,” “AMYMONE,” ETC.
LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193 PICCADILLY. 1861.
AUTHOR OF “AZETH THE EGYPTIAN,” “AMYMONE,” ETC.
LONDON: CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193 PICCADILLY. 1861.
PREFACE.
THE STORY OF LADY GLAMMIS[1]
BESSIE DUNLOP AND THOM REID.[2]
ALISON PEARSON AND THE FAIRY FOLK.[3]
THE CRIMES OF LADY FOWLIS.[4]
BESSIE ROY.
THE DEVIL’S SECRETARY.[5]
THE GRACE WIFE OF KEITH AND HER CUMMERS.[6]
THE TWO ALISONS.
THE TROUBLES OF ABERDEEN.[13]
WHITE WITCHES.[16]
THE MISDEEDS OF ISOBEL GRIERSON.[17]
BARTIE PATERSON’S CHARM.[18]
BEIGIS TOD AND HER COMPEERS.[19]
THE PITIFUL FATE OF MARGARET BARCLAY.[21]
MARGARET WALLACE AND HER DEAR BURD.[22]
THOM REID AGAIN.[23]
BESSIE SMITH.
THOMAS GRIEVE’S ENCHANTMENTS (1623).[25]
KATHERINE GRANT AND HER STOUP.[26]
THE MISDEEDS OF MARION RICHART.[27]
LADY LEE’S PENNY AND THE WITCHES OF 1629.[28]
ELSPETH CURSETTER AND HER FRIENDS.[29]
SANDIE AND THE DEVIL.[31]
THE MIDWIFE’S DOUBLE SIN.
KATHERINE GRIEVE AND JOHN SINCLAIR.[32]
BESSIE BATHGATE’S NIPS.[33]
BESSIE SKEBISTER.[34]
THE TRIAL OF SPIRITS.[35]
SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE.
SINCLAIR’S STORIES.[42]
MANIE HALIBURTON.[43]
THE DEVIL OF GLENLUCE,[44]
JONET WATSON AND THE DEVIL IN GREEN.
THE LANTHORNE AND THE BAHR-RECHT.[49]
MISCELLANEOUS.
CLOWTS AND THE SERPENT.[54]
THE WITCHES OF AULDEARNE:[55]
THE SECRET SINS OF MAJOR WEIR.[57]
THE DUMB GIRL OF POLLOK.[58]
LIZZIE MUDIE AND HER VICTIMS.[59]
BRAVE OLD KATHERINE LIDDELL.[60]
THE DEVIL IN HIS CUPS.[62]
THE GHOST OF THE BLACK-BROWED MAID.[63]
THE SUCCUBUS.[64]
THE ISLAND WITCHES.
THE RENFREWSHIRE WITCHES.[70]
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE STIRK’S FOOT.[72]
THE HORRIBLE MURDER OF JANET CORNFOOT.[73]
THE SPELL OF THE SLAP.[75]
THE PLAGUE OF CATS.[76]
THE YOUNG HONOURABLE’S DECEITS.
THE LAST OF THE WITCHES.
THE WITCH OF BERKELEY.
EARLY HISTORIC TRIALS.
THE AFFLICTIONS OF ALEXANDER NYNDGE,
ADE DAVIE’S MOURNING.[97]
THE POSSESSION OF MILDRED NORRINGTON.[98]
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE WITCHES OF S. OSEES,
THE WOMAN AND THE BEAR.
THE WITCHES OF WARBOIS.[107]
THE MAN OF HOPE AND THE DEVIL.[108]
GIFFARD’S ANECDOTES.[109]
THE POSSESSED MAID OF THAMES STREET.[111]
SWEET FATHER FOREMAN.
THE WITCHES OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.[113]
THE WITCHES OF LANCASHIRE.[114]
GRACE SOWERBUTS AND THE PRIESTS.[122]
MARY AND HER CATS.[123]
RUTTERKIN.[124]
THE BOY OF BILSTON.[125]
MR. FAIRFAX’S FOLLY.
THE COUNTESS.[126]
THE TWO VOICES.[127]
THE SECOND CURSE OF PENDLE.[128]
THE WITCH ON A PLANK.[129]
THE WITCH-FINDING OF HOPKINS.
THE MANNINGTREE WITCHES,
THE HUNTINGDON IMPS.
MR. CLARK’S EXAMPLES.
THE NEWCASTLE PRICKERS.
THE WITCH IN THE BRAKE.[136]
THE TEWKESBURY WITCH THAT SUCKED THE SOW.
THE DEVIL’S DELUSION.[137]
THE WITCH OF WAPPING.
THE GEOLOGICAL BEWITCHMENT.[138]
THE BURNING BEWITCHMENT.[139]
THE STRINGY MEAT.[140]
THE LOST WIFE.[141]
DR. LAMB AND HIS DARLING.[142]
THE SPRIGHTLY LAD OF SOMERSETSHIRE.[143]
THE WITCHES OF THE RESTORATION.
THE WITCH-FINDER FOUND
DOLL BILBY AND HER COMPEER.[145]
THE ASTRAL SPIRIT’S ASSAULT.
JULIAN’S TOADS.[146]
THE YOUGHAL WITCH.
THE WITCHES OF STYLES’S KNOT.[147]
ROBIN AND HIS SERVANTS[148]
SIR MATTHEW HALE’S JUDGMENT.[149]
THE WAITING-MAID AND THE PIN.[150]
JANE STRETTON AND THE CUNNING WOMAN.[151]
THE BIDEFORD TROUBLES.[152]
SIR JOHN HOLT’S JUDGMENTS.[153]
THE SURREY DEMONIAC.[156]
THE GROCER’S YOUNG MAN.[158]
THE WITCH OF WALKERNE.[159]
OUR LATEST.
BESSIE DUNLOP AND THOM REID.[2]
ALISON PEARSON AND THE FAIRY FOLK.[3]
THE CRIMES OF LADY FOWLIS.[4]
BESSIE ROY.
THE DEVIL’S SECRETARY.[5]
THE GRACE WIFE OF KEITH AND HER CUMMERS.[6]
THE TWO ALISONS.
THE TROUBLES OF ABERDEEN.[13]
WHITE WITCHES.[16]
THE MISDEEDS OF ISOBEL GRIERSON.[17]
BARTIE PATERSON’S CHARM.[18]
BEIGIS TOD AND HER COMPEERS.[19]
THE PITIFUL FATE OF MARGARET BARCLAY.[21]
MARGARET WALLACE AND HER DEAR BURD.[22]
THOM REID AGAIN.[23]
BESSIE SMITH.
THOMAS GRIEVE’S ENCHANTMENTS (1623).[25]
KATHERINE GRANT AND HER STOUP.[26]
THE MISDEEDS OF MARION RICHART.[27]
LADY LEE’S PENNY AND THE WITCHES OF 1629.[28]
ELSPETH CURSETTER AND HER FRIENDS.[29]
SANDIE AND THE DEVIL.[31]
THE MIDWIFE’S DOUBLE SIN.
KATHERINE GRIEVE AND JOHN SINCLAIR.[32]
BESSIE BATHGATE’S NIPS.[33]
BESSIE SKEBISTER.[34]
THE TRIAL OF SPIRITS.[35]
SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE.
SINCLAIR’S STORIES.[42]
MANIE HALIBURTON.[43]
THE DEVIL OF GLENLUCE,[44]
JONET WATSON AND THE DEVIL IN GREEN.
THE LANTHORNE AND THE BAHR-RECHT.[49]
MISCELLANEOUS.
CLOWTS AND THE SERPENT.[54]
THE WITCHES OF AULDEARNE:[55]
THE SECRET SINS OF MAJOR WEIR.[57]
THE DUMB GIRL OF POLLOK.[58]
LIZZIE MUDIE AND HER VICTIMS.[59]
BRAVE OLD KATHERINE LIDDELL.[60]
THE DEVIL IN HIS CUPS.[62]
THE GHOST OF THE BLACK-BROWED MAID.[63]
THE SUCCUBUS.[64]
THE ISLAND WITCHES.
THE RENFREWSHIRE WITCHES.[70]
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE STIRK’S FOOT.[72]
THE HORRIBLE MURDER OF JANET CORNFOOT.[73]
THE SPELL OF THE SLAP.[75]
THE PLAGUE OF CATS.[76]
THE YOUNG HONOURABLE’S DECEITS.
THE LAST OF THE WITCHES.
THE WITCH OF BERKELEY.
EARLY HISTORIC TRIALS.
THE AFFLICTIONS OF ALEXANDER NYNDGE,
ADE DAVIE’S MOURNING.[97]
THE POSSESSION OF MILDRED NORRINGTON.[98]
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE WITCHES OF S. OSEES,
THE WOMAN AND THE BEAR.
THE WITCHES OF WARBOIS.[107]
THE MAN OF HOPE AND THE DEVIL.[108]
GIFFARD’S ANECDOTES.[109]
THE POSSESSED MAID OF THAMES STREET.[111]
SWEET FATHER FOREMAN.
THE WITCHES OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.[113]
THE WITCHES OF LANCASHIRE.[114]
GRACE SOWERBUTS AND THE PRIESTS.[122]
MARY AND HER CATS.[123]
RUTTERKIN.[124]
THE BOY OF BILSTON.[125]
MR. FAIRFAX’S FOLLY.
THE COUNTESS.[126]
THE TWO VOICES.[127]
THE SECOND CURSE OF PENDLE.[128]
THE WITCH ON A PLANK.[129]
THE WITCH-FINDING OF HOPKINS.
THE MANNINGTREE WITCHES,
THE HUNTINGDON IMPS.
MR. CLARK’S EXAMPLES.
THE NEWCASTLE PRICKERS.
THE WITCH IN THE BRAKE.[136]
THE TEWKESBURY WITCH THAT SUCKED THE SOW.
THE DEVIL’S DELUSION.[137]
THE WITCH OF WAPPING.
THE GEOLOGICAL BEWITCHMENT.[138]
THE BURNING BEWITCHMENT.[139]
THE STRINGY MEAT.[140]
THE LOST WIFE.[141]
DR. LAMB AND HIS DARLING.[142]
THE SPRIGHTLY LAD OF SOMERSETSHIRE.[143]
THE WITCHES OF THE RESTORATION.
THE WITCH-FINDER FOUND
DOLL BILBY AND HER COMPEER.[145]
THE ASTRAL SPIRIT’S ASSAULT.
JULIAN’S TOADS.[146]
THE YOUGHAL WITCH.
THE WITCHES OF STYLES’S KNOT.[147]
ROBIN AND HIS SERVANTS[148]
SIR MATTHEW HALE’S JUDGMENT.[149]
THE WAITING-MAID AND THE PIN.[150]
JANE STRETTON AND THE CUNNING WOMAN.[151]
THE BIDEFORD TROUBLES.[152]
SIR JOHN HOLT’S JUDGMENTS.[153]
THE SURREY DEMONIAC.[156]
THE GROCER’S YOUNG MAN.[158]
THE WITCH OF WALKERNE.[159]
OUR LATEST.
THE END.
THE STORY OF LADY GLAMMIS[1]
BESSIE DUNLOP AND THOM REID.[2]
ALISON PEARSON AND THE FAIRY FOLK.[3]
THE CRIMES OF LADY FOWLIS.[4]
BESSIE ROY.
THE DEVIL’S SECRETARY.[5]
THE GRACE WIFE OF KEITH AND HER CUMMERS.[6]
THE TWO ALISONS.
THE TROUBLES OF ABERDEEN.[13]
WHITE WITCHES.[16]
THE MISDEEDS OF ISOBEL GRIERSON.[17]
BARTIE PATERSON’S CHARM.[18]
BEIGIS TOD AND HER COMPEERS.[19]
THE PITIFUL FATE OF MARGARET BARCLAY.[21]
MARGARET WALLACE AND HER DEAR BURD.[22]
THOM REID AGAIN.[23]
BESSIE SMITH.
THOMAS GRIEVE’S ENCHANTMENTS (1623).[25]
KATHERINE GRANT AND HER STOUP.[26]
THE MISDEEDS OF MARION RICHART.[27]
LADY LEE’S PENNY AND THE WITCHES OF 1629.[28]
ELSPETH CURSETTER AND HER FRIENDS.[29]
SANDIE AND THE DEVIL.[31]
THE MIDWIFE’S DOUBLE SIN.
KATHERINE GRIEVE AND JOHN SINCLAIR.[32]
BESSIE BATHGATE’S NIPS.[33]
BESSIE SKEBISTER.[34]
THE TRIAL OF SPIRITS.[35]
SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE.
SINCLAIR’S STORIES.[42]
MANIE HALIBURTON.[43]
THE DEVIL OF GLENLUCE,[44]
JONET WATSON AND THE DEVIL IN GREEN.
THE LANTHORNE AND THE BAHR-RECHT.[49]
MISCELLANEOUS.
CLOWTS AND THE SERPENT.[54]
THE WITCHES OF AULDEARNE:[55]
THE SECRET SINS OF MAJOR WEIR.[57]
THE DUMB GIRL OF POLLOK.[58]
LIZZIE MUDIE AND HER VICTIMS.[59]
BRAVE OLD KATHERINE LIDDELL.[60]
THE DEVIL IN HIS CUPS.[62]
THE GHOST OF THE BLACK-BROWED MAID.[63]
THE SUCCUBUS.[64]
THE ISLAND WITCHES.
THE RENFREWSHIRE WITCHES.[70]
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE STIRK’S FOOT.[72]
THE HORRIBLE MURDER OF JANET CORNFOOT.[73]
THE SPELL OF THE SLAP.[75]
THE PLAGUE OF CATS.[76]
THE YOUNG HONOURABLE’S DECEITS.
THE LAST OF THE WITCHES.
THE WITCH OF BERKELEY.
EARLY HISTORIC TRIALS.
THE AFFLICTIONS OF ALEXANDER NYNDGE,
ADE DAVIE’S MOURNING.[97]
THE POSSESSION OF MILDRED NORRINGTON.[98]
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE WITCHES OF S. OSEES,
THE WOMAN AND THE BEAR.
THE WITCHES OF WARBOIS.[107]
THE MAN OF HOPE AND THE DEVIL.[108]
GIFFARD’S ANECDOTES.[109]
THE POSSESSED MAID OF THAMES STREET.[111]
SWEET FATHER FOREMAN.
THE WITCHES OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.[113]
THE WITCHES OF LANCASHIRE.[114]
GRACE SOWERBUTS AND THE PRIESTS.[122]
MARY AND HER CATS.[123]
RUTTERKIN.[124]
THE BOY OF BILSTON.[125]
MR. FAIRFAX’S FOLLY.
THE COUNTESS.[126]
THE TWO VOICES.[127]
THE SECOND CURSE OF PENDLE.[128]
THE WITCH ON A PLANK.[129]
THE WITCH-FINDING OF HOPKINS.
THE MANNINGTREE WITCHES,
THE HUNTINGDON IMPS.
MR. CLARK’S EXAMPLES.
THE NEWCASTLE PRICKERS.
THE WITCH IN THE BRAKE.[136]
THE TEWKESBURY WITCH THAT SUCKED THE SOW.
THE DEVIL’S DELUSION.[137]
THE WITCH OF WAPPING.
THE GEOLOGICAL BEWITCHMENT.[138]
THE BURNING BEWITCHMENT.[139]
THE STRINGY MEAT.[140]
THE LOST WIFE.[141]
DR. LAMB AND HIS DARLING.[142]
THE SPRIGHTLY LAD OF SOMERSETSHIRE.[143]
THE WITCHES OF THE RESTORATION.
THE WITCH-FINDER FOUND
DOLL BILBY AND HER COMPEER.[145]
THE ASTRAL SPIRIT’S ASSAULT.
JULIAN’S TOADS.[146]
THE YOUGHAL WITCH.
THE WITCHES OF STYLES’S KNOT.[147]
ROBIN AND HIS SERVANTS[148]
SIR MATTHEW HALE’S JUDGMENT.[149]
THE WAITING-MAID AND THE PIN.[150]
JANE STRETTON AND THE CUNNING WOMAN.[151]
THE BIDEFORD TROUBLES.[152]
SIR JOHN HOLT’S JUDGMENTS.[153]
THE SURREY DEMONIAC.[156]
THE GROCER’S YOUNG MAN.[158]
THE WITCH OF WALKERNE.[159]
OUR LATEST.
BESSIE DUNLOP AND THOM REID.[2]
ALISON PEARSON AND THE FAIRY FOLK.[3]
THE CRIMES OF LADY FOWLIS.[4]
BESSIE ROY.
THE DEVIL’S SECRETARY.[5]
THE GRACE WIFE OF KEITH AND HER CUMMERS.[6]
THE TWO ALISONS.
THE TROUBLES OF ABERDEEN.[13]
WHITE WITCHES.[16]
THE MISDEEDS OF ISOBEL GRIERSON.[17]
BARTIE PATERSON’S CHARM.[18]
BEIGIS TOD AND HER COMPEERS.[19]
THE PITIFUL FATE OF MARGARET BARCLAY.[21]
MARGARET WALLACE AND HER DEAR BURD.[22]
THOM REID AGAIN.[23]
BESSIE SMITH.
THOMAS GRIEVE’S ENCHANTMENTS (1623).[25]
KATHERINE GRANT AND HER STOUP.[26]
THE MISDEEDS OF MARION RICHART.[27]
LADY LEE’S PENNY AND THE WITCHES OF 1629.[28]
ELSPETH CURSETTER AND HER FRIENDS.[29]
SANDIE AND THE DEVIL.[31]
THE MIDWIFE’S DOUBLE SIN.
KATHERINE GRIEVE AND JOHN SINCLAIR.[32]
BESSIE BATHGATE’S NIPS.[33]
BESSIE SKEBISTER.[34]
THE TRIAL OF SPIRITS.[35]
SIXTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY-THREE.
SINCLAIR’S STORIES.[42]
MANIE HALIBURTON.[43]
THE DEVIL OF GLENLUCE,[44]
JONET WATSON AND THE DEVIL IN GREEN.
THE LANTHORNE AND THE BAHR-RECHT.[49]
MISCELLANEOUS.
CLOWTS AND THE SERPENT.[54]
THE WITCHES OF AULDEARNE:[55]
THE SECRET SINS OF MAJOR WEIR.[57]
THE DUMB GIRL OF POLLOK.[58]
LIZZIE MUDIE AND HER VICTIMS.[59]
BRAVE OLD KATHERINE LIDDELL.[60]
THE DEVIL IN HIS CUPS.[62]
THE GHOST OF THE BLACK-BROWED MAID.[63]
THE SUCCUBUS.[64]
THE ISLAND WITCHES.
THE RENFREWSHIRE WITCHES.[70]
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE STIRK’S FOOT.[72]
THE HORRIBLE MURDER OF JANET CORNFOOT.[73]
THE SPELL OF THE SLAP.[75]
THE PLAGUE OF CATS.[76]
THE YOUNG HONOURABLE’S DECEITS.
THE LAST OF THE WITCHES.
THE WITCH OF BERKELEY.
EARLY HISTORIC TRIALS.
THE AFFLICTIONS OF ALEXANDER NYNDGE,
ADE DAVIE’S MOURNING.[97]
THE POSSESSION OF MILDRED NORRINGTON.[98]
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE WITCHES OF S. OSEES,
THE WOMAN AND THE BEAR.
THE WITCHES OF WARBOIS.[107]
THE MAN OF HOPE AND THE DEVIL.[108]
GIFFARD’S ANECDOTES.[109]
THE POSSESSED MAID OF THAMES STREET.[111]
SWEET FATHER FOREMAN.
THE WITCHES OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE.[113]
THE WITCHES OF LANCASHIRE.[114]
GRACE SOWERBUTS AND THE PRIESTS.[122]
MARY AND HER CATS.[123]
RUTTERKIN.[124]
THE BOY OF BILSTON.[125]
MR. FAIRFAX’S FOLLY.
THE COUNTESS.[126]
THE TWO VOICES.[127]
THE SECOND CURSE OF PENDLE.[128]
THE WITCH ON A PLANK.[129]
THE WITCH-FINDING OF HOPKINS.
THE MANNINGTREE WITCHES,
THE HUNTINGDON IMPS.
MR. CLARK’S EXAMPLES.
THE NEWCASTLE PRICKERS.
THE WITCH IN THE BRAKE.[136]
THE TEWKESBURY WITCH THAT SUCKED THE SOW.
THE DEVIL’S DELUSION.[137]
THE WITCH OF WAPPING.
THE GEOLOGICAL BEWITCHMENT.[138]
THE BURNING BEWITCHMENT.[139]
THE STRINGY MEAT.[140]
THE LOST WIFE.[141]
DR. LAMB AND HIS DARLING.[142]
THE SPRIGHTLY LAD OF SOMERSETSHIRE.[143]
THE WITCHES OF THE RESTORATION.
THE WITCH-FINDER FOUND
DOLL BILBY AND HER COMPEER.[145]
THE ASTRAL SPIRIT’S ASSAULT.
JULIAN’S TOADS.[146]
THE YOUGHAL WITCH.
THE WITCHES OF STYLES’S KNOT.[147]
ROBIN AND HIS SERVANTS[148]
SIR MATTHEW HALE’S JUDGMENT.[149]
THE WAITING-MAID AND THE PIN.[150]
JANE STRETTON AND THE CUNNING WOMAN.[151]
THE BIDEFORD TROUBLES.[152]
SIR JOHN HOLT’S JUDGMENTS.[153]
THE SURREY DEMONIAC.[156]
THE GROCER’S YOUNG MAN.[158]
THE WITCH OF WALKERNE.[159]
OUR LATEST.
THE END.
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