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" Duff, a rank witch, burnt in Inverness. This Paterson came up to the church of Wardlaw, and within the church pricked 14 women and one man brought thither by the Chisholm of Commer, and 4 brought by Andrew Fraser, chamerlan of Ferrintosh. "
The Philosophy of Witchcraft - Page 135
by Ian Ferguson - 1925 - 218 pages
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Scottish Surnames: A Contribution to Genealogy

James Paterson - 1866 - 100 pages
...trick. In Elgin, there were two killed ; in Forrcs, two ; and one Isabel Duff, a rank witch, burned in Inverness. This Paterson came up to the church of Wardlaw ; and within the church, pricked fourteen women and one man, brought thither by the Chisholm of Comar, and four brought by Andrew Fraser,...
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Transactions, Volume 9

Gaelic Society of Inverness, Inverness Gaelic Society - 1881 - 192 pages
...and one man, brought thither by The Chisholm of Comer, and four brought by Andrew Fraser, Chamberlain of Ferrintosh. He first polled all their heads, and amassed the heap of hair together, hid it in a stone dyke, and so proceeded to pricking." John, Valentine, and Thomas Chisholm,...
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Transactions, Volume 9

Inverness Gaelic Society - 1881 - 192 pages
...and one man, brought thither by The Chisholm of Comer, and four brought by Andrew Fraser, Chamberlain of Ferrintosh. He first polled all their heads, and amassed the heap of hair together, hid it in a stone dyke, and so proceeded to pricking." John, Valentine, and Thomas Chisholm,...
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The Witch of Inverness and the Fairies of Tomnahurich

1891 - 62 pages
...Klgin there were two killed ; in Forres, two ; and one Isabel Duff, a rank witch, burned in Inveiness. This Paterson came up to the church of Wardlaw ; and within the church pricked fourteen women and one man, brought thither by the Chisholm of Comar, and four brought by Andrew Fraser,...
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Publications of the Scottish History Society, Volume 47

Scottish History Society - 1905 - 626 pages
...witches were discovered, but many honest men and women were blotted and broak by this Isabel Duff[j/vl trick. In Elgin there were two killed ; in Forres...Wardlaw, and within the church pricked 14 women and one man1 brought thither by the Chisholm of Commer, and 4 brought be Andrew Fraser, chamerlan of Ferrintosh....
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Chronicles of the Frasers: The Wardlaw Manuscript Entitled 'Polichronicon ...

James Fraser - 1905 - 626 pages
...women were blotted and broak by this Isabel Duff[«vl trick. In Elgin there were two killed; in Torres two; and one Margret Duff, a rank witch, burn in Inverness....and within the church pricked 14 women and one man 1 brought thither by the Chisholm of Commer, and 4 brought be Andrew Fraser, chamerlan of Ferrintosh....
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The Scottish Historical Review, Volume 19

James Maclehose - 1922 - 456 pages
...trick. In Elgin there were two killed : in Forres two, and one, Margaret Duff, a rank witch, burned in Inverness. This Paterson came up to the Church...and within the church pricked 14 women and one man. . . . Several of these dyed in prison never brought to confession. This villain gained a great deal...
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Sidelights on Highland History

William Mackay - 1925 - 440 pages
...and one man, brought thither by The Chisholm of Comer, and four brought by Andrew Fraser, Chamberlain of Ferrintosh. He first polled all their heads, and amassed the heap of hair together, hid it in a stone dyke, and so proceeded to pricking." The witches, having thus been...
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Witchcraft in Scotland

Brian P. Levack - 1992 - 406 pages
...the choreh pricked 14 women and one man hrought thither hy the Chishohn of Comoier, and 4 hrought hy Andrew Fraser, chamerlan of Ferrintosh. He first polled all their heads and amassed the heap of hair together, hid in the stone dik, and so proceeded to pricking, Scverall of these dyed in prison,...
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