Agnes Sampson was a Scottish healer and midwife known as the "wise wife of Keith." After James VI married Anne of Denmark and returned from Oslo, he brought with him the fear of black arts. Agnes was accused and 55 charges were made against her: raising the devil in the form of a black dog, digging up bones to make magic witchcraft powder, and commanding the devil to destroy one of James' ships.
Interrogated by the king himself, she was deprived of sleep, subjected to barbaric torture for days and under extreme duress she confessed. She was found guilty at her trial stripped, shaved and strangled. Then burned at the stake on January 28, 1591 at Castle Hill, Edinburgh. The naked ghost of Agnes is said to roam Holyrood Palace.
2 comments:
great post!
and why don't you connect your blog feed to your facebook page...
also i can see why you are paying tribute to your witchy forebears, probably especially because you would like to figure out how to do this: raising the devil in the form of a black dog.
unless of course you already know.
please don't destroy any of my ships!
Did I run over you with my horse and buggy in a previous life?
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