Witch’s broomstick
Broomsticks smeared with flying ointment were supposed to give witches the power of flight.
Witchcraft Acts
Series of Acts passed by the Parliaments of England and Scotland making witchcraft a secular offence punishable by death.
Witchcraft Act 1735
Sometimes dated 1736, an Act of Parliament that repealed the statutes concerning witchcraft throughout Great Britain, including Scotland.
John Kincaid, witch-finder
Professional witch-finder or pricker of witches based in Tranent, East Lothian.
David Gregory
Scottish physician and inventor accused of witchcraft. He inherited Kinnairdy Castle in Banffshire.
Witchcraft in Orkney
Witchcraft in Orkney possibly has its roots in the settlement of Norsemen on the archipelago from the eighth century onwards. Until the early modern period magical powers were accepted as part of the general lifestyle, but witch-hunts began on the mainland of Scotland in about 1550.
The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster
Account of a series of English witch trials that took place on 18–19 August 1612, commonly known as the Lancashire witch trials.
Malkin Tower
Home of Elizabeth Southerns, also known as Demdike, and her granddaughter Alizon Device, two of the chief protagonists in the Lancashire witch trials of 1612.