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List of all Event assertions around a specific oldcounty

ID Short Description Date City Parish Current County Old county Nation
374

Alexander Anderson and James Anderson of Glasgow allegedly torment Christian Shaw. Christian Shaw accuses them and two other men.(7)

Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 7

1696, December Glasgow    Lanarkshire  Lanarkshire  Scotland 
397

Jennet Mathie is apprehended on suspicion of pricking a boy with a pin and making wax pictures used for purposes of witchcraft.(3-4)

Appears in:
Sinclair, George. Satan's Invisible World Discovered. Edinburgh: 1685, 3-4

1676, October 14 Pollok-town    Lanarkshire  Lanarkshire  Scotland 
400

Bessie Weir, Marjorie Craig, Margaret Jackson, and John Stewart allegedly meet with the devil and make wax pictures in which to stick pins.(11-12)

Appears in:
Sinclair, George. Satan's Invisible World Discovered. Edinburgh: 1685, 11-12

1677, January 3 Pollok-town    Lanarkshire  Lanarkshire  Scotland 
402

John Stewart of Pollok confesses to seeing the devil as a black man with cloven feet, black apparel, legs without shoes, and having a hollow and ghostly voice(14)

Appears in:
Sinclair, George. Satan's Invisible World Discovered. Edinburgh: 1685, 14

1684, January 4 Pollok-town    Lanarkshire  Lanarkshire  Scotland 
403

Margaret Jackson confesses to conspiring with the devil and other practitioners of witchcraft to kill Sir George Maxwell of Pollok(15)

Appears in:
Sinclair, George. Satan's Invisible World Discovered. Edinburgh: 1685, 15

1674, January 4 Pollok-town    Lanarkshire  Lanarkshire  Scotland 
509

Christian Shaw has fits during which she vomits large quantities of hair.(11-12)

Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 11-12

1696 Glasgow    Lanarkshire  Lanarkshire  Scotland 
510

Christian Shaw has fits during which strange objects are pulled out of her mouth, including folded straw, a pin, a candle-like "firr," and bones.(12)

Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 12

1696, November Glasgow    Lanarkshire  Lanarkshire  Scotland 
511

Christian Shaw is found to have dirty hay with dung in her mouth. She also regurgitated feathers and gravel the next day.(12)

Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 12

1696, November Glasgow    Lanarkshire  Lanarkshire  Scotland 
513

Christian Shaw has a fits during which the Devil appears to her. Her body is then stiff as though dead.(15)

Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 15

1696 Glasgow    Lanarkshire  Lanarkshire  Scotland 
517

Christian Shaw has fits during which she has no pain, but has palpitations all over her body and makes strange gestures.(17-18)

Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. A True Narrative of the Sufferings and Relief of a Young Girle; Strangely Molested, by Evil Spirits and their Instruments. Edinburgh: 1698, 17-18

1697, January Glasgow    Lanarkshire  Lanarkshire  Scotland 
622

Christian Shaw is brought to Glasgow to be examined. She starts having fits where her throat falls to her chest, her tongue to the back of her throat, and her body becoming stiff. Her tongue is allegedly "tortured" during prayer.(4)

Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 4

1696, September Glasgow    Lanarkshire  Lanarkshire  Scotland 
623

Christian Shaw put out of her mouth hot "coal-finders," bones of all sizes, hay and dung, and sticks of "candle-firr" from her mouth.(4)

Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 4

1696 Glasgow    Lanarkshire  Lanarkshire  Scotland 
626

Christian Shaw reads scripture out loud for two hours at a time. She then screams that no one shall ever take her bible. Sometimes, she falls into violent fits afterward.(7)

Appears in:
Cullen, Francis Grant. Sadducimus Debellatus. London: 1698, 7

1696 Glasgow    Lanarkshire  Lanarkshire  Scotland