The Witch-cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology - Margaret Alice Murray

ADDENDUM

1324 Kilkenny, Ireland.

[This is the earliest record to give the names of all those who took part in the ceremonies. Two of the poorer women were burned; Dame Alice Kyteler returned to England; William Outlaw, her son, was imprisoned for a time. Nothing is known of the fate of the rest.]

1. Alice Kyteler
2. Alice, wife of Henry the Smith
3. Annota Lange
4. Eva de Brounstoun
5. Helena Galrussyn
6. John Galrussyn
7. Petronilla de Meath

8. Robert de Bristol
9. Robin, son of Artis (the Devil)
10. Sarah, daughter of Petronilla
11. Sysok Galrussyn
12. William Payn of Boly
13. William Outlaw.

INDEX

Aberdeen:—
Allhallow Eve, [107], [110]-[112], [131], [136].
Candles, [36], [145].
Children by the Queen of Elphen, [44], [45], [242].
Christsonday, [36], [44], [45], [69], [70], [87], [128], [155], [242].
Description of elves, [242].
Devil as a calf, [65].
" God, [28], [145], [227].
" a hen, [207].
" a horse, [207].
" a lamb, [227].
" a man, [36], [43], [65], [145].
" a stag, [45], [70], [207], [242].
" a woman, [44], [242].
Divination by animals, [207].
Dog sacrifice, [155], [163].
Fertility charm, [170], [173].
Fish Cross, [107], [110], [131], [233].
Headgear, [36], [43].
Hour of meeting, [112].
King making, [45], [242].
Kiss, [45], [128], [129], [242].
Kneeling to the Devil, [28], [129].
Magical rite, [207].
" words, [45], [155], [163], [242].
Mark, [87].
Market Cross, [107], [110], [131].
Midwife, [207].
Musical instrument, [110], [131], [136].
Names of members of Covens, [251].
Nudity rite, [173].
Number in Covens, [191]-[192].
Our Lady, [45], [189].
Personal attendant, [189].
Punishment, [131], [188], [200].
Queen of Elphen, [44], [45], [128], [242].
Raising the Devil, [45], [155], [163], [242].
Riding Devil, [69], [242].
Right hand, [87].
Ring dance, [107], [131], [136].
" leader, [131], [136], [188], [200].
Rood-day, [45], [110], [112], [134], [242].
Sexual rites, [242].
Silken habiliments, [36], [145].
Standing stone, [108], [131].
Transformation, [233].
Tree-riding, [110], [134].
Two chiefs, [35].
White garments, [36], [43], [45].
" hackneys, [45], [242].
Abiron, [163].
Admission ceremonies, [71]-[96].
Age of admission, [71]-[74].
Aix in Provence:—
Blood-sprinkling, Form of, [149].
Cannibalism, [143].
Christian priest, [128].
Feast, [143].
Kiss, [129].
Kneeling, [129].
Knives not used, [143].
Lucifer, [129], [149].
Musical instruments, [138].
Queen of the Sabbath, [129].
Rank among the witches, [129].
Religious service, [138].
Renunciation, [77].
Singing, [138].
Taboo on salt, [143].
Violins, [138].
Wine representing blood, [149].
Ale, [39], [114], [141], [142].
Alest:—
Abiron, [163].
Raising the Devil, [163].
Alice Kyteler, Dame (see Kyteler).
Allhallow Eve, [45], [54], [107], [109]-[112], [131], [136].
Alloa:—
Brown garments, [36], [43].
Devil as a dog, [67].
" a man, [36], [37], [43].
Grey garments, [37], [43].
Headgear, [36], [37], [43].
Names of members of Coven, [252]
Number in Coven, [192].
Transformation, [233]-[234].
All Saints' Day, [108], [111], [116].
Alost:—
Adoration, [28].
Belzebuth, [28], [41].
White garments, [41].
Altars to Christ and the Devil, [21].
Ancyra, Decree of Council of, [22], [102].
Angers:—
Change of shape, [65].
Devil as a bull, [65].
" a goat, [65].
Iupin, [65].
Animals for divination, [163], [204].
Antecessor, [164].
Appin, Red Book of, [170], [196].
Aqua vitae, [83], [141].
Aquelarre, [107], [118], [122].
Arab custom, [130].
" witches, [104], [134] note.
Arras, [198].
Arrows, Fairy, [201], [245].
Artificial phallus, [178]-[182].
Ashes of the sacrifice, [159]-[162], [183], [276].
Aspic, [248].
Auldearne:—
Black garments, [229].
Black John, [199].
Blood sprinkling, [84]-[85], [153].
Boots and shoes, [37].
Candlemas, [120], [142].
Cloven feet, [37].
Coldness of the Devil, [65], [181].
Dances, [120], [133].
Devil as an animal, [66], [70], [129], [183].
" God, [29].
" a man, [37].
Dun-coloured garments, [229].
Elf arrows, [201], [245].
" boys, [245].
" bulls, [244], [245].
Fairy money, [245].
Feast, [114], [141]-[142].
Gillatrypes, [133].
Grace before meat, [142], [167].
Green garments, [229].
Image, [116].
Instruction from the Devil, [196].
Irregular date of meetings, [122]-[123].
King of Faery, [244].
Kiss, [129].
Magical ceremony, [115], [116], [171].
" words, [105]-[106], [164], [166], [234]-[235].
Maiden of the Coven, [133], [190], [193].
Names of familiars, [229]-[230].
" of members of Coven, [253].
Nickname, [133].
Number in Coven, [193].
Officer, [171], [187]-[188], [193].
Phallus, [180].
Place of Devil at table, [142].
" meeting, [120].
Ploughing ceremony, [115], [171].
Power from the Devil, [29].
Punishment, [199], [201].
Quarterly meeting, [111].
Queen of Faery, [244].
Riding, [99], [105].
Salutation, [29].
Sexual rites, [183].
Transformation, [166], [234]-[235].
Yellow garments, [229].
Avignon:—
Devil as a goat, [68].
" a man, [68].
Standing stone, [68].
Avoidances, [17].
Bacchic cry, [164] note.
Back-to-back dance, [128], [131], [132], [133]-[135], [232], [247].
Bale fire, [111].
Baptism, [82]-[85], [117], [156], [247], [248].
Barton (see Suffolk).
Basses-Pyrénées:—
Admission Ceremonies, [71], [78].
Aquelarre, [107], [118], [122].
Ashes, [160].
Back-to-back dance, [132], [133].
Baptism, [82].
Beelzebub, [143].
Book, [148].
Candles, [146], [148].
Cannibalism, [158].
Change of shape, [63], [182].
Child witches, [62], [71], [175]-[176].
Christian festivals, [111].
Coldness of Devil, [180], [181].
Cross-roads, [118].
Day of meeting, [122].
Devil as an animal, [43], [62], [63], [65], [68]-[69], [129], [146], [182].
" God, [29].
" a man, [32], [40]-[41], [63], [128], [132].
Diabloton, [137].
Disguise, [64].
Easter, [111].
Esbat, [113].
Feast, [142].
Fire, [146].
Flute, [137].
Flying, [98], [101], [164].
" ointment, [164].
Follow-my-leader dance, [134].
Food at feast, [142].
Grace before meat, [143].
Headgear, [43], [69], [146].
Horns, [41], [43], [69], [146].
Janicot, [165].
Janus, [62].
Jumping dance, [132].
Jus primae noctis, [179].
Kiss, [45], [62], [72], [128]-[130], [146], [148].
Kneeling to the Devil, [29], [71], [72].
Lane de Bouc, [107], [118], [122].
Left hand, [45], [148].
" side, [45], [88], [148].
Lucifer, [148].
Magical words, [148], [164], [165].
Mark, [72], [88].
Marriage, [179].
Mask, [62], [64], [68], [129], [232].
Midday, [122].
Minor devils, [137], [228].
Modern dance, [130].
Monsieur, [128].
Musical instruments, [137].
Officer, [187].
Opinions of witches, [25].
Phallus, [179]-[180].
Place of Devil at table, [143].
" meeting, [118].
Punishment, [198], [202].
Quarterly festival, [109].
Queen of the Sabbath, [45], [71], [148], [190].
Quillet, [164].
Religious service, [148], [164].
Renewal of vows, [128].
Renunciation, [71], [78].
Riding, [102].
Ring dances, [40], [107], [128], [131], [132].
Sacrifice of the God, [160].
Sermon, [148], [149].
Sexual rites, [149], [180]-[182].
Standing stones, [40], [107], [128], [131].
Tambourine, [137].
Toad, [71].
Transformation, [235], [237].
Trumpet, [137].
Two-faced God, [62], [129].
Violin, [137].
Voice, [62].
Voluntary convert, [71].
Vows to new God, [78].
Walking to meeting, [98].
Written contract, [80].
Bear, Devil as a, [70].
" familiar, [219].
Beelzebub, [28], [143], [184].
Belgium:—
Alost, [28], [41].
Ashes, [160].
Barrebon, [41].
Belzebuth, [28], [41].
Black garments, [41], [43], [232].
Blood-drinking, [153].
Blue garments, [232].
Burning the God, [160].
Cold food, [144].
Coldness of the Devil, [63].
Crebas, [41].
Devil as a goat, [128], [160].
" a man, [41], [43].
Flying ointment, [105].
Headgear, [43].
Kiss, [128], [160].
Kneeling to the Devil, [29], [128].
Mask, [232].
Places dedicated to the Devil, [108].
Standing stones, [108].
Stick-riding, [105].
White garments, [41].
Yellow garments, [232].
Believers in witchcraft, [9], [10].
Beltane, [109].
Belzebuth, [28], [41].
Bernardo di Bosco, [24].
Bideford (see Devonshire).
Bird familiars, [206], [213], [217], [218].
" sacrifice, [155], [241].
Bishop of Coventry, [23], [127].
Black candles, [146].
" garments, [33]-[35], [37], [38], [40]-[43], [54], [57], [63], [127], [134], [140], [145], [147], [175], [200], [229], [232], [242].
Black John, [199].
Blackman, [33], [219], [223].
Black plaid, [37].
Blasting with the fairy, [245].
Blockula (see Sweden).
Blood baptism, [84].
" covenant signed in, [80], [81].
" drinking, [153].
" Familiars fed with, [209]-[211], [213]-[217], [219]-[221], [225].
" in chalice, [157].
" sacrifice, [89], [152]-[154], [210], [213], [220], [225].
" sprinkling, [84], [153].
" Wine representing, [149].
Blue garments, [232].
" mark, [75], [87].
Book, Devil's, [79], [148], [170], [196], [246], [248].
Boots and shoes, [37].
Borrowstowness:—
Ale, [39], [114], [142].
Change of shape, [67], [183].
Cross, [117].
Devil as a dog, [68], [183].
" a man, [39], [67], [183].
Drinking, [39], [114], [142].
Feast, [142].
Mark, [90].
Piper, [117].
Right hand, [90].
Bothwell, Earl of, [54]-[59].
Brampton (see Suffolk).
Breast, Supernumerary, [90]-[91], [94].
Brécy:—
Black candles, [146].
Devil as a black dog, [67].
Sermon, [67].
Walking to Sabbath, [98].
Brescia, [24], [135].
Brewham (see Somerset).
Bridle, Enchanted, [103], [104].
Broomstick, [10], [104], [105], [106], [164].
Brown garments, [33], [36], [43].
Bull, Devil as a, [65]-[66], [70], [129], [183].
Bulls, Elf, [244], [245].
" Papal, [19], [24], [169].
Burning the God, [159]-[162].
Burroughs, Rev. George, [49], [151].
Burton Agnes (see Yorkshire).
Bute:—
Aqua vitae, [83].
Baptism, [83], [156].
Blasting with the fairy, [245].
Cock sacrifice, [156].
Devil as a man, [83].
Elf arrow, [245].
Hen sacrifice, [156].
Klareanough, [84].
Left leg, [89].
Local anaesthesia, [89].
Mark, [83], [89].
Names of members of Coven, [253].
Renunciation, [156].
Result of elf-shots, [245].
Right foot and leg, [83].
" hand, [83].
" shoulder, [89].
Shooting and blasting, [245].
Two chiefs, [83].
Use of words God and Devil, [31].
Byrehill:—
Devil as instructor, [195].
Fairies, [44], [140], [195], [201].
Green garments, [113], [140], [241].
Identification of the Devil, [35], [48].
Piping, [113], [140], [241].
Queen of Elfhame, [44], [241].
Threats against a traitor, [201].
William Simpson, Mr., [35], [48], [195].
Wine puncheons, [113], [140], [241].
Calder, [157].
Calf, Devil as a, [65].
Cambridgeshire:—
Blood sacrifice, [220].
Cat familiar, [220].
Use of familiar, [220].
Candlemas, [13], [109], [110], [120], [142], [144].
Candles, [36], [54], [68], [125], [127], [128], [144]-[147], [148], [159], [180].
Cannibalism, [143], [158], [159].
Canons, Ecclesiastical, of King Edgar, [22].
Capital punishment, [201]-[204].
Cat, Devil as a, [66], [127], [128], [182], [208], [220], [228].
" familiar, [209]-[214], [216]-[221], [224], [225], [241].
" sacrifice, [154], [155], [168], [208].
Cats, conjuring of, [52], [54], [115], [167], [168], [208].
Change of familiar, [210].
" of name, [46], [83]-[85].
" of shape, [41], [47], [65], [66], [67], [69], [182], [183], [236], [237].
Chaplain to the Devil, [188], [201].
Chelmsford (see Essex).
Chicken sacrifice, [154], [155], [210].
Child sacrifice, [49], [150], [156]-[159].
" witches, [39], [40], [62], [65], [71]-[74], [80], [99], [123], [175], [176], [184], [242], [248].
Children by the Devil, [182].
" by the Queen of Elphen, [44], [242].
Christening of animals, [85], [115], [155], [167], [168].
Christian clergy, [129], [133], [137], [149], [150], [151], [188]-[189], [201].
" festivals, [111].
Christians and the Witch-cult, 18, 49.
Christmas, [49], [111].
" Eve, [112].
Christsonday (see Aberdeen).
Churchyard dance, [54], [113], [136], [146].
Cittern, [136].
Classical authors, [21].
Clay images, [147].
Cloven feet, [29], [33], [34], [37], [38], [116].
Cnut, Invasion of, [20].
" Laws of, [23], [107].
Cock, sacrifice, [154]-[156], [212].
" Signal given by, [112].
Cold food, [144].
Coldness of the Devil, [62], [63]-[65], [128], [179], [180], [181], [182], [185].
Collupp Munday, [103].
Como, [135].
Compiègne:—
Artificial intercourse, [182].
Black garments, [40], [175].
Child witch, [40], [175].
Coldness of the Devil, [182].
Devil as a man, [40], [175].
Devil's horse, [40], [175].
Renunciation, [175].
Sexual rites, [175].
Coney familiar, [219].
Confessionale of Ecgberht, [22].
Congregational Churches, [13].
Conjuration, [150], [171].
Conjuring of cats, [52], [54], [115], [156], [163], [167], [168].
Connecticut:—
Christmas, [111].
Devil as a boy, [42].
" a deer, [70].
" a man, [42], [43].
Headgear, [43].
Human familiars, [230].
Names of members of Coven, [253].
Control of the Phairie, [243].
Conversion of England, [20].
Cordova:—
Child witch, [80], [175].
Contract for term of years, [80].
Council of Ancyra, Decree of, [22], [102].
Court of Elphen, [44], [240].
Covenant, [79]-[82].
Covens, [190]-[194], [249]-[254].
Coventry, Bishop of, [23], [127].
Crebas, [41].
Crighton:—
Chaplain to the devil, [188], [201].
Coldness of the devil, [65].
Minister, Christian, [133], [188]-[189], [201].
Pace of dance, [133], [189], [201].
Punishment, [133], [189], [201].
Sermon, [30], [189].
Crook of Devon:—
Black garments, [38], [43].
Change of name, [85].
Coldness of the Devil, [64].
Date of meetings, [111].
Devil as a boy, [38], [43].
" a man, [38], [43].
Dun-coloured garments, [38].
Feast, [141].
Flying, [101].
Fulyairt garments, [38].
Grey garments, [38], [43].
Headgear, [38], [43].
Methods of destruction, [118], [172].
Music, [137].
Names of members of Coven, [253].
Number in Coven, [193].
Piper, [137].
Place of meeting, [120].
Riding Devil, [38].
St. Andrew's Day, [111].
Two chiefs, [38].
Voluntary converts, [79].
Walking to the Sabbath, [98].
Yule, [120].
Cross, [68], [107], [110], [117], [131], [233].
Cross-roads, [68], [107], [118], [132], [144], [203].
Crow familiar, [208].
Cursing, [218], [220], [224]-[225], [227].
Dalkeith:—
Admission ceremony, [78].
Bale fire night, [111].
Capital punishment, [204].
Change of shape, [67], [183].
Devil as a boy, [37], [67], [183].
" a dog, [67].
Green garments, [37], [43], [67], [183].
Hanging with a lace, [204].
Headgear, [37], [43].
Magical words, [165].
Mark, [183].
Officer, [47].
Queen of Farie, [47], [245].
Renunciation, [244].
Dance as reward, [200].
" Back to back, [128], [131], [133], [134], [135], [232], [247].
" called Gillatrypes, [133].
" Children's, [135].
" Churchyard, [54], [113], [133], [136], [146].
" Complicated, [130], [132].
" Fairy, [132], [242], [244].
" Fertility, [23], [130].
" Follow-my-leader, [55], [130], [133], [134], [136].
" Jumping, [130], [132], [134], [137].
" La volta, [135].
" led by Devil, [127], [133], [134], [136].
" " priest, [23].
" Modern, [130], [133], [135], [183] note.
" Pace of, [130], [133], [189], [200], [201].
" Ring, [130]-[133].
" round stones, [40], [107], [108], [128], [131].
" round the devil, [40], [107], [128], [145].
" round trees, [239], [240].
" to instrumental music, [133], [136], [138].
" Torchlight, [146].
" to vocal music, [134], [137], [138], [146].
" Tree-riding, [134].
" under trees, [41].
" Widdershins, [135].
Daniel the Prophet, [34].
Dates of chief festivals, [12], [13].
" conversion of England, [20].
" meetings, [109]-[111], [119], [121]-[123].
Dead men's bones, [115], [168], [169].
Death by fire, [162].
Decadence of the cult in England, [5], [135].
Decree of Council of Ancyra, [22].
Dedication, [78].
Deer, Devil as a, [70], [129], [183].
Definition of a witch, [18], [51].
Description of Blockula, [103], [108], [119].
" elves, [242].
Destructive acts, [118], [172].
Devil, Children by, [182], [185], [242].
" Coldness of, [62]-[65], [128], [181].
" Identification of, [35], [38], [48], [49], [55]-[59].
" Instruction from, [124], [125], [195], [196].
" Marriage with, [184]-[185].
" Money from, [37], [49].
" Places dedicated to, [108].
" Sacrifice of, [159]-[162].
" Substitute for, [160]-[162], [270]-[279].
" the same as fairy, [243].
Devil as ape, [47], [69].
" bear, [70].
" boy, [33], [37], [38], [42], [43], [64], [67], [183].
" bull, [65]-[66], [70], [129], [183].
" calf, [65].
" cat, [66], [127], [152], [154], [182], [228].
" cow, [65].
" deer, [70], [129], [183].
" dog, [66]-[68], [70], [129], [133], [136], [155], [182], [183], [208], [227].
" fowl, [182].
" frog, [226].
" goat, [63], [65], [68]-[69], [70], [144]-[146], [159], [160], [180], [182], [183], [233], [247], [248].
" God, [28]-[31], [145], [227], [247].
" hen, [182], [207].
" horse, [47], [69], [70], [183], [207], [208].
" lamb, [227].
Devil as lion, [66].
" man, [31]-[43], [52], [53], [55], [63], [65], [68], [69], [73], [77], [79], [83], [88], [106], [116], [126]-[127], [134], [136], [140], [145], [153], [163], [164], [175], [182], [183], [188], [195], [206], [208], [217], [218], [221], [223], [228], [246].
" mediciner, [36], [195].
" minister, [41], [149], [151].
" physician, [36].
" priest, [150], [157].
" sheep, [70], [127], [182], [233], [247].
" stag, [45], [70], [207], [242].
" woman, [44]-[47], [242].
Devil's change of shape, [47], [63], [65], [182].
" chaplain, [188], [201].
" disguise, [35], [62].
" duties, [196].
" garments, [33]-[38], [40]-[43].
" head-gear, [42]-[43].
" horse, [29], [40], [45], [69], [103], [175], [208], [236].
" phallus, [179]-[181].
" place at feast, [29], [140], [142].
" powers, [236].
" voice, [61]-[63].
Devonshire:—
Black garments, [34].
Devil as a lion, [66].
" a man, [34].
Supernumerary nipple, [95].
Toad familiar, [95].
Diabloton, [137].
Diana, [12], [22], [102].
Dianic cult, [11], [12], [15], [272], [274].
Dirlton, [36].
Disbelievers in witchcraft, [10]-[11].
Disguise, [35], [47], [60]-[65], [129].
" Removal of, [182].
Distribution of ashes, [159], [160], [161], [276].
Divination, [163], [205]-[208], [221], [248].
Divining familiar, [163], [205]-[208].
Dog, Devil as a, [66]-[68], [70], [129], [133], [136], [182], [183], [208], [226].
" familiar, [163], [206], [207], [208], [212]-[215], [218], [219], [221], [223]-[225], [227], [229].
" sacrifice, [154], [155], [163].
Dorset:—
Bird familiar, [206].
Blood sacrifice, [153].
Cat sacrifice, [155].
Chicken sacrifice, [155].
Cloven feet, [33].
Devil as a man, [33], [206].
Dog familiar, [206].
" sacrifice, [155].
Fairies, [240].
Gift of familiar, [224].
Human familiar, [33], [206].
Periodical sacrifices, [155].
Dreams, [15].
Drinking, [39], [98], [113], [114], [115], [140]-[143].
" the Devil's health, [194].
Ducking of witches, [17].
Dumfries-shire, [157].
Dun-coloured garments, [38], [229].
Dunfermline:—
Capital punishment, [203].
Burial of Lady Pittadro, [162].
Fate of a traitor, [203].
Rebuke to Presbytery, [162].
Dunstable, [48].
Dunwich (see Suffolk).
Duties of the Devil, [196].
Easter, [23], [111].
Ecclesiastical canons of King Edgar, [22].
Ecgberht, Archbishop of York, [22].
Edinburgh:—
Black garments, [37].
Cat sacrifice, [155].
Devil as a dog, [67].
" a man, [36], [37], [39], [116].
" a woman, [46].
Dog sacrifice, [155].
Drinking, [39], [113].
Fertility powers, [170], [174].
Gift of money, [37], [49].
Green garments, [37].
Grey garments, [116].
Identification, [37], [38], [48], [50].
Magical powers, [170], [174].
Mark, [46].
Marriage with the Devil, [185].
Number in Coven, [193].
Renunciation, [39], [46].
Standing stones, [37].
Weir, Major, [50], [161].
Edmonton:—
Cursing, [227].
Dog familiar, [213].
Name of familiar, [213].
Prayer, [30].
Supernumerary nipple, [92].
Edward and Guthrum, Laws of, [22].
Elf arrows, [245].
" boys, [245].
" bulls, [244], [245].
Elfin, Court of, [240].
" Queen or Fairy Queen, [14], [44], [45], [47], [128], [189], [190], [241], [242], [244], [245].
Elva, [163], [206].
Elves, Description of, [242].
Enchanted bridle, [103], [104], [236].
England (see Cambridgeshire, Chelmsford, Coventry, Devonshire, Dorset, Dunstable, Edmonton, Essex, Faversham, Fenny Drayton, Fewstone, Huntingdonshire, Ipswich, Kidderminster, Lancashire, Leaven Heath, Leicester, Lenham, Maidstone, Northampton, Northumberland, St. Albans, St. Osyth, Salisbury, Somerset, Stapenhill, Suffolk, Windsor, Yarmouth, Yorkshire).
Esbat, [97], [113]-[123].
Essex:—
Bird familiar, [217], [218].
Blood sacrifice, [89], [152], [154], [210], [225].
Cat familiar, [209]-[212], [214], [216], [217], [224], [225].
Change of familiar, [210].
Chicken sacrifice, [154], [210].
Child witch, [73].
Cock sacrifice, [155], [212].
Coldness of the Devil, [64], [185].
Devil as a cat, [152], [154].
" a dog, [67], [155], [227].
" a man, [33], [88], [217], [223].
Dog familiar, [212], [214], [215], [223], [227].
Feeding of familiar, [209], [210], [211], [212], [215]-[217], [224].
Ferret familiar, [212].
Frog familiar, [218].
Gift of familiar, [209], [210], [214], [216], [217], [223], [224].
Inherited familiar, [214], [217], [224]-[226].
Kiss, [64], [185], [215].
Kitten familiar, [215], [224], [225].
Lamb familiar, [211].
Left hand, [89].
Marriage, [185].
Mole familiar, [217], [223].
Mouse familiar, [216]-[218].
Names of familiars, [209], [211], [212], [214]-[218], [224], [225].
Paternoster as a charm, [210].
Prayers, [31], [215].
Promise of secrecy, [215].
Renunciation of Christianity, [185], [209], [225].
Robin, [211], [218], [225].
St. Osyth Coven, [250].
Sathan, [152], [210], [224], [225], [226].
Supernumerary nipple, [92]-[93], [95], [214]-[217].
Thirteen in Coven, [191].
Threats against a traitor, [202].
Toad familiar, [210]-[212], [225].
Use of familiars, [214]-[218], [223], [224].
Weasel familiar, [212].
Ethelred, Laws of, [23].
Eve of St. John, [111].
Evidence, Sources of, [11].
Execution, Methods of, [17], [162], [201].
Eymouth, [36].
Fairies:—
Arrows, [201], [245].
Boy in green, [37], [244].
Boys, [245].
Children by Queen of Elphen, [44], [242].
Colour of clothes, [37], [140], [240]-[242], [244].
Connexion between witches and fairies, [14].
Controlled with the Phairie, [243].
Court of Elfin, [240], [241].
Dances, [132], [239], [242], [244].
Description of elves, [242].
Dress of Queen, [244].
Elf bulls, [244]-[245].
Fairies and witches, [238]-[246].
Familiar, [46], [229], [243].
Folk, [241], [242].
Foster child, [242].
Hill, [36], [243], [245].
Hours for consultation, [240].
Human sacrifice, [238], [246].
Instruction by, [195], [239], [241], [243]-[244].
Kane-bairn, [246].
King, [244].
King-making, [242].
Man in green, [140], [241].
Men, [195], [240]-[243], [245].
Money, [155], [241], [245].
Plaids, [240], [242].
Puck, [238].
Puckrels, [241].
Queen, [14], [44], [45], [47], [128], [189], [190], [240]-[242], [244], [245].
Rings, [132], [244].
Robin, [127], [154], [163], [208], [211], [218], [225], [238], [245].
Sickness cast by, [241], [245].
Squint-Ey'd Elf, [246].
Thomas a Fearie, [230].
Threats against traitor, [201].
Tree, [238]-[239].
White hackneys, [242].
Women, [238]-[240], [241], [243], [244], [245], [246].
Familiars, [93]-[95], [184], [205]-[237].
" as gods, [219], [220].
" Feeding of, [209], [212], [216], [217], [224].
Fate of traitors, [201]-[204].
Faversham:—
Devil's place at table, [140].
Feast indoors, [140].
Term of years, [81].
Feast, [46], [114], [138]-[144].
Feeding of familiars, [209], [210], [211], [212], [215]-[217], [221], [224], [248].
Feet, Cloven, [29], [33], [34], [37], [116].
" of griffon, [35].
Female familiars, [46], [229], [243].
Fenny Drayton, [48].
Ferret familiar, [212].
Fertility charms, [149] note, [160], [170], [171], [173].
" dances, [23], [130]-[135].
" powers, [28], [170], [174].
Fewstone:—
Bird familiar, [213].
Cat familiar, [213].
Names of familiars, [213].
Fines, [247].
Fir, Baton of, [163], [207].
" torches, [147].
Fire, [146].
Fish Cross, [107], [110], [131], [233].
Fixed number of witches, [190].
Flint arrows, [201], [245].
Flute, [137], [138].
Flying, [98], [100]-[106], [164].
" ointment, [100], [101], [104], [105], [164], [279]-[280].
Follow-my-leader dance, [130], [132]-[134].
Food at feasts, [139]-[144].
Forfar:—
Ale, [141].
All Hallow Eve, [110].
Aqua vitae, [141].
Black plaid, [37].
Candlemas, [110].
Cannibalism, [159].
Change of shape, [183], [236], [237].
Child witch, [73], [176].
Churchyard dance, [113], [146].
Coldness of the Devil, [64].
Dance in churchyard, [113], [146].
Dates of meetings, [119].
Devil as a horse, [69], [183].
" a man, [37], [69], [183].
" a woman, [46].
Devil's horse, [103], [236].
Drinking, [98].
Feast, [140]-[141].
Grey clothes, [64].
Kiss, [89], [114], [141].
Lammas, [110].
Mark, [89].
Names of members of Coven, [252].
Number in Coven, [120], [136], [193].
Officer, [187].
Pipes, [114], [136].
Place of meeting, [119], [120].
" Devil at table, [141].
Puberty, Girl under, [176].
Quarterly Festival, [110].
Renunciation, [47], [79].
Roodmass, [110].
Sieve and shears, [114].
Singing, [114], [138].
Sinking ships, [69], [116], [183].
Torchlight, [113], [146].
Transformation, [237].
Voluntary convert, [79].
Walking to Sabbath, [98].
Wrecking a bridge, [117]-[118], [196].
Forked shoes, [32] note.
Formula of renunciation, [67], [74], [76], [78].
Foul thief, [163], [207].
France (see also Aix, Alost, Angers, Arras, Basses-Pyrénées, Brécy, Compiègne, Gilles de Rais, Joan of Arc, Lille, Lorraine, Lyons, Machecoul, Orleans, Paris, Poitiers, Puy-de-Dôme, St. Germain-en-Laye).
Ashes, Distribution of, [159], [160], [161], [276].
Back-to-back dance, [232].
Candles, [146].
Change of shape, [41], [66], [182].
Coldness of the Devil, [180].
Date of Sabbath, [123].
Devil as a cat, [41], [66], [182].
" a cow, [65].
" a man, [41], [66], [156], [182].
Fixed number of witches, [190].
Flying ointment, [101].
Garter as sign of rank, [191].
God in human form, [40].
Hen sacrifice, [156].
Mask, [146], [233].
Modern admission ceremony, [82].
" organization, [190].
Phallus, [180].
Punishment, [199].
Red garments, [41], [66], [183].
Reine du Sabbat, [190].
Renunciation, [65].
Sacrifice of the God, [160].
" a fowl, [156].
Singing, [138], [146].
Term of years, [82].
Voluntary converts, [70].
Written contract, [80].
Frog, Devil as a, [226].
" familiar, [218].
Fulyairt garments, [38].
Garter as sign of rank, [191].
Geographical range of domestic familiar, [17], [209].
Gift of familiars, [209], [210], [214], [216], [217], [218], [222], [223], [224], [249].
" of money, [37], [49].
Gillatrypes, [133].
Gilles de Rais, [161], [276]-[279].
Girls under puberty, [175]-[176].
Goat, Devil as a, [68]-[69], [129], [144]-[146], [159], [160], [180], [183].
God incarnate, [12], [28], [55], [161], [276], [278].
" in human form, [40].
Good Friday, [111].
Grace before meat, [139], [140], [142], [143], [167], [247].
Green garments, [36], [37], [43], [67], [113], [140], [183], [229], [241], [242], [244].
Grey-bearded man, [32], [35], [36], [42], [195].
Grey garments, [35], [37], [38], [41]-[43], [64], [116].
Groton:—
Devil as an old man, [42].
Term of years, [81].
Guernsey:—
Broomstick, [104], [164].
Devil as a cat, [66], [127].
" a dog, [67].
Flying, [104], [164].
Horns, [67].
Hou, [165].
Kiss, [66], [127].
Kneeling to Devil, [66].
Lucifer, [164].
Magic words, [104], [164], [165].
Name of early God, [165].
Names of members of Coven, [251].
Number in Coven, [192].
Renunciation, [67].
Site of Sabbath, [108].
Transformation, [233].
Guthrum, invasion of, [20].
Guthrum, Laws of Edward and, [22].
Hair sacrifice, [155].
Hanged with a lace, [202]-[204], [278].
Hare familiar, [227].
Hartford (see Connecticut).
Hautboy, [138].
Headgear, [35]-[37], [38], [42]-[43], [69], [127], [145], [146], [147].
Heathen invasions, [20].
Hedgehog familiar, [221].
Helen Mcbrune, [45].
Hell, Queen of, [47].
Hen, Devil as a, [182].
" familiar, [207], [208].
" sacrifice, [154], [156].
Heresy, Witchcraft as, [23].
Herodias, [102].
Hillswick (see Orkney).
Homage, [23], [62], [68], [126], [127], [128], [129], [145].
Horns, [41], [43], [67], [69], [146].
Horse, Devil as a, [47], [69], [183], [207], [208].
" Devil's, [29], [40], [45], [69], [103], [208].
Horse-flesh, [143], [247].
Hou, [165].
Hour of Sabbath, [112].
Human familiars, [33], [40], [46], [183], [193], [206], [221], [228]-[230], [243].
Huntingdonshire:—
Bear familiar, [219].
Black garments, [33], [34], [63].
Blood sacrifice, [219].
Cat familiar, [218], [219], [225].
Cloven feet, [33].
Coney familiar, [219].
Cursing, [218], [220], [224]-[225], [227].
Devil as a man, [33], [63], [218], [223].
Dog familiar, [218], [219], [223], [224].
Familiars as gods, [219], [220].
Gift of familiar, [218], [224]-[225].
Light, [146].
Mouse familiar, [220].
Names of familiars, [218]-[220], [223].
Rat familiar, [220].
Renunciation, [218]-[219], [225].
Supernumerary nipple, [93], [219]-[220].
Term of years, [81].
Use of familiars, [218]-[220].
Voice of Devil, [63].
Yielding the soul, [220].
Hymns, [137].
Hysteria, supposed, [9], [177], [231].
Identification, [35], [37], [38], [47]-[50], [55]-[59].
Image, Clay and wax, [116], [117], [147].
" Sacred, [125], [145].
Imitative magic, [177].
Impenitent witches, [26].
Imps called puckrels, [241].
Incarnate God, [12], [28], [55], [161], [276], [278].
Incubus, [183].
Inherited familiars, [214], [217], [224]-[226].
Innerkip:—
Cloven feet, [38], [116].
Devil as a dog, [67].
" a man, [38], [116].
Drinking, [114], [141].
Kiss, [114].
Magical ceremony, [116]-[117].
Mark, [89].
Name of Devil, [163].
Night assemblies, [123].
Raising the Devil, [163].
Right side, [89].
Serpent, [163].
Singing, [38], [114], [138].
Storm raising, [67], [116].
Transformation, [116], [234].
Yule, [123].
Innocent VIII, Bull of, [24], [169].
Instruction by the Devil, [124], [125], [195], [196], [208].
" by fairies, [241], [244].
Introduction, Letter of, [60].
" of new members, [39], [76], [77].
Inverary:—
Corresponding with the Devil, [245].
Fairies, [245].
Trumps, [245].
Inverkeithing, Priest of, [23].
Ipswich, [49].
Ireland (see Kyteler, Dame Alice).
Iron rods, Beating with, [197], [203].
Irregular dates of esbats, [122].
Irrevocability of vows, [78].
Irvine:—
Capital punishment, [202].
Devil as a man, [79].
Hanged with a lace, [202].
Left leg, [88].
Mark, [88].
Voluntary convert, [79].
Italy, [24], [100], [135].
Iupin, [65].
Janicot, [165], [249].
Janus, [12], [62].
Jean le Blanc, [247].
Jew's harp, [136].
Joan of Arc, [24], [40], [161], [238]-[240], [270]-[276], [279].
Jumping dance, [130], [132], [137].
Jus primae noctis, [179], [181].
Kane-bairn, [246].
Kent (see Faversham, Lenham, Maidstone).
Kidderminster, [94].
King-making, [45], [242].
King of Faery, [244].
Kinross-shire (see Crook of Devon).
Kiss:—
Devil kisses witches, [89], [114], [141], [165], [185], [247].
Familiars kiss witches, [215].
Witches kiss the Devil, [45], [62], [63], [64], [66], [72], [126]-[130], [145], [146], [148], [159], [160], [200], [242], [247].
Witches kiss an image, [125], [145].
" Queen of Elphen, [128], [242].
Kitten familiar, [94], [210], [215], [216], [221], [224], [225].
Klareanough, [84].
Kneeling to the Devil, [28], [29], [66], [71], [72], [126], [128]-[129].
Knives not used, [143].
Kyteler, Dame Alice:—
Cock sacrifice, [154].
Devil as a man, [40], [228].
Flying ointment, [104].
Human familiar, [40], [228].
Name of Devil, [154].
Robin, son of Artis, [40], [154].
Sacramental bread, [148].
Stick-riding, [104].
Trial, [23].
Lamb familiar, [211], [227].
Lammas, [13], [52], [54], [109], [110].
Lancashire:—
All Saints' Day, [108], [111], [116].
Black garments, [33].
Blood sacrifice, [153], [213].
Cat familiar, [213].
Child witch, [73].
Day of Sabbath, [111].
Devil as a bear, [70].
" a boy, [33].
" God, [29].
" a man, [33], [77].
Dog familiar, [213].
Familiars, male and female, [46], [184], [229].
Method of obtaining, [227].
Number of, [229].
Feast, [46], [139].
Female familiar, [46], [229].
Flying, [102].
Good Friday, [111].
Introduction of new member, [77].
Light, [46].
Mamillion, [29].
Method of marking, [88], [153].
Name of God, [29].
" of familiars, [46].
Names of members of Coven, [251].
Naming a familiar, [115].
Number in Coven, [192].
Officer, [187].
Pricking, [88], [153].
Purpose of meeting, [115], [116].
Riding, [99], [116].
Sacramental bread, [227].
Sexual rites, [184].
Standing stone, [108].
Supernumerary nipple, [213].
Yielding the soul, [33], [77].
Lane de Bouc, [107], [118], [122].
Lang Niddry:—
Cat sacrifice, [155].
Christening a cat, [115], [155], [168].
Drinking, [115].
Walking to the meeting, [98].
Lapland, [66], [68], [222], [226].
Lauder:—
Devil as a man, [36].
Identification, [48].
Officer, [187].
Laws of Athelstan, [17], [22].
" Cnut, [23], [107].
" Edward and Guthrum, [22].
" Ethelred, [23].
" Lorraine, [102].
" Northumbrian priests, [22].
" Wihtraed, [22].
Leather money, [155], [241].
Leaven Heath, [81].
Left eye, [96].
" hand, [45], [88], [89], [148], [190].
" leg, [88], [89].
" shoulder, [87], [88], [96].
" side, [45], [88], [93], [94], [96], [148].
Legal aspect of covenant, [74].
" " familiars, [208].
" " mark, [86]-[87].
Leicester:—
Fairy, [46], [243].
Human familiar, [46], [229], [243].
Method of obtaining familiars, [46], [243].
Name of familiar, [46], [229], [243].
Yielding the soul, [46], [229].
Lenham, [94].
Letter of introduction, [60].
Liber Poenitentialis, [21], [60].
Light, [46], [146], [147].
Lille:—
Ashes, [160].
Child witches, [72], [99], [184].
Dedication, [78].
Devil as an animal, [65], [160].
" God, [29].
Mark, [72], [81], [89].
Opinions of witches, [26], [184].
Power over fertility, [174].
Punishment, [174], [199], [200].
Renewal of vows, [81].
Renunciation, [72].
Riding, [102].
Sacrifice of the God, [160].
Sexual rites, [184].
Yielding the soul, [72].
Limited range of transformation, [231].
Lion, Devil as a, [66].
List of suspected persons, [47].
Llanddewi Brefi, [226].
Local anaesthesia, [86], [87], [89], [94].
Logan, Rev. Allan, [49].
Lorraine:—
Back-to-back dance, [135].
Bird sacrifice, [155], [241].
Devil as a bear, [70].
" a goat, [68].
Hair sacrifice, [155].
Homage, [126].
Kneeling to the devil, [126].
Laws, [102].
Leather money, [155], [241].
Magical charm, [115].
Marriage, [184].
Masks, [232].
Night assemblies, [112], [122].
Oath of secrecy, [201].
Offerings, [155].
Opinions of witches, [25].
Phallus, [179].
Punishment, [198].
Ring dance, [135].
Voice, [61].
Widdershins, [135].
Lothian:—
Baton of fir, [163], [207].
Cat sacrifice, [155], [208].
Devil as a man, [36], [116].
Divining familiars, [163], [207], [208].
Dog sacrifice, [155].
Foul thief, [163], [207].
Instruction by the Devil, [195], [208].
Magical words, [163], [207].
Mediciner, [36], [195].
Minister, [149].
Punishment, [198].
Sacrament, [149]-[150].
Sermon, [149]-[150].
Lowdon Hill:—
Devil as a woman, [45].
Hallow-even, [45], [111].
Helen Mcbrune, [45].
Name of Devil, [45].
Lucifer, [28], [45], [125], [129], [138], [144], [148], [149], [164].
Lyne:—
Court of Elphen, [240].
Devil as a man, [35], [42].
Grey beard, [35], [42].
" garments, [35], [42].
Headgear, [35], [42].
Instruction by the Devil, [195].
Number in Coven, [191], [240].
Queen of Elphen, [44], [241].
Thorn Reid, [35], [42], [44], [191], [195].
White wand, [35].
Lyons:—
Ashes, [159], [183].
Back-to-back dance, [131], [232].
Beelzebub, [143].
Black garments, [40], [101].
Broomstick, [105].
Candles, [125], [145].
Christmas, [49], [111], [112].
Cold food, [144].
Coldness of Devil, [179], [181].
Day of meeting, [122].
Devil as a cat, [66], [128], [182].
" a dog, [182].
" a fowl, [182].
" a goat, [68], [145], [159], [182], [233].
" a man, [40], [101], [145], [182].
" a sheep, [70], [182], [233].
Drinking, [143].
Easter, [111].
Fairy dances, [132], [242].
Feasts, [143].
Flute, [138].
Flying, [101], [102].
" ointment, [105].
Grace before meat, [143].
Hautboys, [138].
Hour of meeting, [112].
Human familiars, [183], [228].
Image, Sacred, [125], [145].
Jumping Dance, [132].
Kiss, [125], [128], [129]-[130], [145].
Mark, [87]-[88].
Mask, [232].
Method of going to Sabbath, [97], [99].
Midday, [40].
Musical instruments, [138].
Night assemblies, [112].
Phallus, [179].
Place of meeting, [119], [121].
Power over fertility, [174].
Prayer, [30].
Punishment, [198].
Religious service, [148].
Renewal of vows, [125].
Renunciation, [125].
Reports, [125], [198].
Riding to meetings, [99].
Right side, [88].
Ring dance, [131].
Rye, Wafer of, [148].
Sacrifice of the God, [159], [183].
Sexual rites, [125], [179]-[182].
Singing, [138].
Stick riding, [105].
Straw, Burning, [145].
Taboo on salt, [143].
Urine, [148].
Voice, [62].
Walking to meeting, [97]-[98].
Machecoul Coven, [249].
Magical ceremonies, [30], [115], [116], [171], [207].
" ointment, [100], [101], [104], [105], [279]-[280].
" powers, [170], [174].
" words, [45], [101], [104], [105], [128], [149], [162]-[168], [206]-[208], [234]-[235], [242], [244].
Maiden of Coven, [133], [189], [190], [193].
Maidstone:—
Child by the Devil, [182].
Reason for burning a witch, [162].
Sexual rites, [182].
Maître Jean Mullin, [238].
" Leonard, [238].
Malleus Maleficarum, [172].
Mamillion, [29].
Manningtree (see Essex).
Mark, [46], [72], [75], [76], [81], [83], [86]-[96], [146], [183], [246], [248].
Market Cross, [107], [110], [131].
Marriage, [179], [184], [185].
Masks, [55], [62], [64], [68], [110], [129], [133], [146], [188], [231]-[233], [246].
May Day, [112].
" Eve, [12], [109].
May-November year, [12], [109].
Mediciner, Devil as, [36], [195].
Methods of destruction, [117], [118].
" execution, [17], [162], [201].
" going to meetings, [97]-[106].
" marking, [87], [88], [153].
" obtaining familiars, [46], [226], [227], [243].
" transformation, [230]-[231].
Midday, [40], [101], [122].
Midwives, [50], [170], [171], [206], [207].
Minister, Christian, [133], [137], [151], [188].
" Devil as a, [41], [149].
Minor devils, [137], [228].
Modern dance, [130], [132], [135] note, [183] note.
" magical ceremonies, [82], [226].
" organization, [190].
Mole familiar, [217], [223].
Monsieur, [40], [128].
Mound dwellings, [10].
Mouse familiar, [216]-[218], [220], [241].
Muffling (see Mask).
Music, [137].
Musical instruments, [55], [110], [131], [133], [136]-[138].
Name given on admission, [85].
" of early God, [165].
Names of the Devil:—
Abiron, [163].
Antecessor, [164].
Aspic, [248].
Barrebon, [41].
Black John, [199].
Blackman, [33], [219], [223].
Christsunday, [36], [44], [45], [69], [70], [87], [128], [155], [242].
Crebas, [41].
Daniel the Prophet, [34].
Foul thief, [163], [207].
Helen Mcbrune, [45].
Hou, [165].
Iupin, [65].
Janicot, [165], [249].
Klareanough, [84].
Maître Jean Mullin, [228].
" Leonard, [228].
Mamillion, [29].
Monsieur, [40], [128].
Orthon, [41], [247], [248].
Quillet, [164].
Robin, [163], [208], [245].
" son of Artis, [40], [154].
Sathan, [152], [210].
Serpent, [163].
Simon, [185].
Thom Reid, [35], [42], [44], [191], [195], [240].
Traisnesac, [41], [247].
Tramesabot, [41] note, [248].
Walliman, [30]-[31], [195].
William Simpson, [35], [48], [195].
Names of familiars:—
Amie, [218].
Besse, [217].
Christ, [216].
Collyn, [216].
Dainty, [216].
Elimanzer, [215].
Elva, [163], [206].
Fancie, [46].
Fillie, [213].
Frog, [218].
George, [221], [229].
Gibbe, [213].
Gille, [210].
Ginnie, [210].
Greedigut, [219], [223].
Grissell, [219], [223].
Hendrie Laing, [230].
Hoult, [214].
Inges, [213].
Jacke, [211], [218].
James, [218].
Jarmara, [214].
Jeso, [216].
Jesus, [216].
Jezebell, [221], [229].
Jockey, [216].
Jone, [220].
Laing, [229].
Lierd, [212].
Lightfoot, [212], [224].
Lilly, [218].
Littleman, [216].
Lunch, [212].
Makeshift, [212].
Mak Hector, [229], [230].
Margaret, [168], [218].
Minny, [225].
Mounsier, [216].
Mrit. Elizabeth, [216].
Panu, [216].
Philip, [211].
Pigine, [211].
Pretty, [46], [218], [229], [243].
Pretty-man, [216].
Prickeare, [218].
Priscill, [218].
Red Reiver, [229], [230].
Roaring Lion, [229], [230].
Robert the Jackis, [229], [230].
Robert the Rule, [229], [230].
Robin, [208], [211], [218], [225].
Rorie, [229].
Rug, [217].
Sack and Sugar, [214].
Sanders, [230].
Sandy, [216].
Sathan, [209], [210], [224], [225].
Sparrow, [218].
Suckin, [212].
Susan, [217], [218].
Swein, [229], [230].
Tewhit, [213].
Thief of Hell, wait upon herself, [229], [230].
Thomas a Fearie, [230].
Tib, [220].
Tibbe, [46].
Tissy, [219].
Tom, [211], [213], [225].
Tomboy, [216].
Tyffin, [211].
Tyttey, [211].
Vinegar Tom, [214].
Wynowe, [216].
Names of members of Covens, [193]-[194], [249]-[254].
" of tunes, [136], [137].
Naming of animals, [85], [155], [168].
" a familiar, [115].
Netherbury (see Dorset).
Newburgh, [195].
New England (see Connecticut, Groton, Salem).
Nicknames, [85], [133], [187].
Nider's Formicarius, [23].
Night assemblies, [112], [122], [123].
Nipple, Supernumerary, [90]-[96], [209], [221].
Northampton:—
Death by fire, [162].
Devil as a man, [34].
Opinions, [26]-[27].
Supernumerary nipple, [95].
North Berwick:—
Allhallow Eve, [54], [110].
Black garments, [35], [42], [54], [57], [145].
Bothwell, Earl of, [54]-[59].
Candles, [54], [145].
Cat sacrifice, [168].
Christening a cat, [168].
Churchyard dance, [54], [110], [133], [136].
Coldness of the Devil, [62], [64], [128].
Conjuring of cats, [52], [54], [163], [167], [168].
Dates of meetings, [110].
Dead men's bones, [115], [168], [169].
Devil as a man, [35], [42], [52], [53], [55].
Devil's disguise, [35], [62].
Divining by animals, [206]-[207].
Dog familiar, [163], [206].
Elva, [163], [206].
Headgear, [35], [42], [145].
Homage, [62], [138], [145].
Hour of meeting, [112].
Identification, [55]-[59].
Instruction by Devil, [195].
Kiss, [62], [63], [128], [200].
Lammas, [52], [54], [110].
Magical words, [163], [168], [206].
Mask, [55], [110], [133], [188], [232].
Midwife, [50], [206].
Muffling (see Mask).
Name of familiar, [163], [206].
Names of members of Coven, [250].
Nicknames, [85], [187].
Number in Covens, [53], [191].
Officers, [187].
Punishment, [54], [200].
Raising the Devil, [163], [206].
Riding to the Sabbath, [99].
Ringleader, [55], [110], [133], [188], [232].
Sermon, [42], [54], [145].
Sieves, [167].
Sinking ships, [51], [52], [115], [167], [168].
Storm raising, [51], [52], [54], [163], [167], [168].
Toad poison, [53].
Trial, [50]-[59].
Trump, [55], [110], [133], [136].
Voice, [62].
Wax image, [51], [53]-[55].
White garments, [35].
" wand, [57].
Yielding the soul, [59].
Northumberland:—
Black garments, [134], [200].
Collupp Monday, [103].
Dance as reward, [200].
Devil as God, [29].
" a man, [34], [134].
Enchanted bridle, [103]-[104], [236].
Names of members of Coven, [193]-[194].
Number in Coven, [193]-[194].
Punishment, [200].
Rewards, [134], [200].
Riding, [103], [236].
" devil, [34].
Sacred stone, [108] note.
Term of years, [82].
Threats to traitor, [29].
Transformation, [234], [236].
November Eve, [12].
Nudity rites, [134] note, [150], [173].
Numbers in Covens, [53], [120], [136], [191]-[194], [240].
Oath of secrecy, [201].
Objections to the evidence, [15], [16].
Offerings, [155].
Officer, [47], [101], [151], [171], [186]-[190], [193].
Ointment, Flying, [100], [101], [104], [105], [279]-[280].
Operative witchcraft, [11].
Opinions of witches, [15], [25]-[27], [28], [161], [184].
Ordeal by water, [17].
Organization, [13], [186]-[204].
Orkney:—
Black garments, [242].
Child witch, [242].
Controlled with the Phairie, [243].
Devil as a man, [36].
" the same as fairy, [243].
Fairy folk, [242].
" men, [195], [242], [243].
Gray beard, [36], [195].
Green tartan plaid, [242].
Identification, [48].
Instruction from the Devil, [195].
Name of Devil, [30], [31].
Prayer, [31].
Walliman, [30], [31], [195].
White garments, [36], [195].
Orleans:—
Back-to-back dance, [247].
Baptism, [247], [248].
Book, [246], [248].
Child witch, [248].
Devil as a goat, [69], [70], [247], [248].
" God, [29], [247].
" man, [41], [63], [246].
" sheep, [70], [247].
Disguise, [63].
Divination, [221], [248].
Feeding of familiars, [221], [248].
Fines, [247].
Gift of familiar, [222], [224], [249].
Janicot, [249].
Jean le Blanc, [247].
Kiss, [247].
Mark, [248].
Mask, [246].
Names of Devil, [41], [247], [248].
Orthon, [41], [247], [248].
Phallus, [247].
Place of meeting, [246].
Punishment, [247].
Religious service, [246], [248].
Rewards, [247].
Salt taboo, [249].
Sermon, [63], [247].
Sexual rites, [249].
Shaving, [246].
Singing, [247].
Toad familiar, [221], [222], [248], [249].
Traisnesac, [41].
Tramesabot, [41] note.
Trial of Gentien le Clerc, [248]-[249].
" Silvain Nevillon, [246]-[248].
Two chiefs, [63].
Two-faced god, [69], [247].
Urine, [248].
Voice, [63], [247].
Walking to the Sabbath, [247].
Orthon, [41], [247], [248].
Ould Birtles, [47].
Our Lady, [45], [189].
Pace of dance, [131], [133], [189], [200], [201].
Paction with the Devil, [74].
Paisley:—
Black garments, [38], [63].
Candles, [147].
Child witch, [73].
Clay image, [117], [147].
Cloven feet, [38].
Date of meeting, [123].
Devil as a man, [38], [188].
Drinking the Devil's health, [194].
Mark, [89].
Officer, [188].
Thirteen, [194].
Voice, [63].
Papal bulls, [19], [24], [169].
Paris:—
Child sacrifice, [49], [150], [156], [157].
" witch, [72].
Conjuration, [150], [171].
Devil as a priest, [150], [157], [171].
Fertility charm, [171].
Identification, [49].
Midwife, [171].
Nudity rite, [150].
Term of years, [81].
Witch mass, [150].
Written contract, [81].
Paternoster used as charm, [210].
Pembrokeshire, [226].
Pentland Hills:—
Candle, [146].
Devil as a dog, [67], [133], [136].
Name of tune, [137].
Pipes, [67], [133], [136].
Periodical sacrifices, [154], [155], [158], [159].
Personal attendant, Devil's, [186], [189].
Perth:—
Devil as a man, [36], [195].
Fairy hill, [36].
Greybeard, [36], [195].
Instruction from the Devil, [195].
Phallus, [179]-[180], [247].
Physician, [36].
Pierronne, follower of Joan of Arc, [40].
Piper, [136], [137], [189].
Pipes, [67], [113], [114], [117], [133], [136], [140], [241].
Pitch, Candles of, [146], [147].
Pittadro, Lady, [162], [203].
Pittenweem:—
Black garments, [43].
Devil as a man, [39], [43].
Headgear, [43].
Mark, [90].
Place of Devil at table, [140], [141]-[143], [144].
" meeting, [108], [119]-[121], [246].
Places dedicated to the Devil, [108].
Ploughing ceremony, [115], [171].
Poison, [158], [279]-[280].
Poisoning by toads, [53].
Poitiers:—
Ashes of the sacrifice, [159].
Candle, [145], [159].
Cross, [68], [107].
Cross-roads, [68], [107], [144].
Devil as a goat, [68], [128], [144], [159].
Kiss, [128], [145], [159].
Ring dance, [68], [128], [145], [159].
Sacrifice of the God, [159].
Polymastia, [90].
Polythelia, [90]-[96].
Position of Devil's marks, [96].
Power from the Devil, [29].
Prayers, [30], [31], [215], [218], [228].
Pre-agricultural religion, [12]-[13], [109].
Pricking, [88], [153].
Priests, Christian, [84], [128], [137], [150], [171].
Promise of secrecy, [215].
Puberty, Girls under, [175], [176].
Puck, Derivation of, [230].
Puckrels, [241].
Punishments and rewards, [54], [131], [133], [174], [188]-[189], [197]-[204], [247].
Purpose of meeting, [115], [116].
Puy-de-Dôme:—
Back-to-back dance, [128], [131].
Candles, [68], [128], [145], [180].
Christian festival, [111].
Dates of meeting, [119], [123].
Devil as a goat, [68], [145], [180].
Kiss, [128].
Place of meeting, [119].
Prayer, [128].
Ring dance, [128], [131].
Sexual rites, [180].
St. John's Eve, [145].
Quarterly festivals, [12]-[13], [109]-[111].
Queen of Elfin and Faery, [14], [44], [45], [47], [128], [189], [190], [241], [242], [244], [245].
Queen of Hell, [47].
Queen of Sabbath, [45], [71], [129], [148], [189], [190].
Queensferry:—
Names of members of Coven, [252].
Number in Coven, [192].
Quillet, [164].
Ragwort, Riding on, [246].
Rain-making, [172]-[173].
Raising storms, [52], [54].
" the Devil, [45], [155], [163], [206], [242].
Rank among witches, [129], [191].
Rat familiar, [211], [220].
Reason for burning witches, [162].
Rebuke to Presbytery, [162].
Red Book of Appin, [170], [196].
" garments, [41], [66], [183].
Redwald, King of East Saxons, [21].
Reine du Sabbat, [45], [71], [129], [148], [189], [190].
Religious service, [14], [138], [148], [164], [246], [248].
Renewal of vows, [80], [81], [125], [128].
Renfrewshire:—
Capital punishment, [203].
Child witches, [39], [65], [73].
Coldness of Devil, [65].
Devil as a man, [39], [65], [73].
Fairies, [246].
Hanging with a lace, [203]-[204].
Mark, [90], [246].
Names of members of Coven, [254].
Squint-Ey'd Elf, [246].
Threats to traitor, [203].
Renunciation of previous religion, [39], [46], [47], [65], [67], [72], [74], [75], [76], [77], [78], [79], [84], [124], [125], [128], [156], [175], [185], [209], [218]-[219], [225], [244].
Report of work done, [125], [194], [198].
Result of elf shots, [245].
Rewards and punishments, [134], [197]-[204], [247].
Riding Devil, [34], [38], [69], [208], [242].
" on sticks, [104], [105], [106], [134].
" to meetings, [99]-[106], [116], [236].
Right hand, [83], [87], [89], [90], [96].
" leg, [83].
" shoulder, [89], [91].
" side, [88], [89], [96].
Ring dance, [40], [68], [107], [128], [131]-[132], [135], [145], [159].
" leader, [55], [110], [133], [136], [188], [200], [232].
Ritual transformation, [233].
" witchcraft, [11]-[12].
Robin, [127], [154], [163], [208], [211], [218], [225], [238], [245].
Robin, son of Artis, [40], [154].
Roodmas, [45], [109], [110], [112], [134], [242].
Round dance, [135].
Rowing, [147].
Rules for sexual rites, [175]-[176].
Rye, Wafer made of, [148].
Sabbath, [97]-[112].
" Derivation of, [97].
" Opinions regarding, [25].
Sacrament, [148]-[151].
Sacramental bread, [148], [199], [226], [227], [247].
Sacred image, [125], [145].
" marriage, [177].
" stone, [108] note.
Sacrifice, Animal, [153]-[156].
" Blood, [152]-[153].
" Child, [156]-[159], [246].
" God, [159]-[162], [183].
" Periodical, [155], [158], [159].
St. Albans:—
Dog familiar, [221], [229].
Human familiar, [221], [229].
Names of familiars, [221], [229].
" of members of Coven, [252].
Supernumerary breast, [94].
" nipple, [93], [221].
St. Andrew's Day, [111].
St. Germain-en-Laye:—
Broomstick, [104].
Devil as a sheep, [70], [127].
Homage, [127].
Kiss, [127].
Written contract, [80].
St. John's Eve, [11], [145].
St. Osyth Cove, [250].
Salem:—
Baptism, [84].
Burroughs, Rev. George, [49], [117], [151].
Child witch, [74].
Devil as a cat, [228].
" God, [30].
" a horse, [70].
" a man, [42].
" a minister, [151].
Feast, [142].
Headgear, [42].
Identification, [49].
Images, [117].
Iron rods, [203].
Officer, [151], [188], [190].
Place of meeting, [108], [121].
Prayer, [228].
Punishment, [203].
Queen of Hell, [47].
Renunciation, [84].
Riding on a pole, [106].
Sacrament, [151].
Sermon, [151], [190].
Supernumerary nipple, [95].
Term of years, [82].
Yielding the soul, [84].
Salisbury:—
Blood ceremony, [64].
Coldness of Devil, [64].
Devil as a boy, [64].
Supernumerary nipple, [94].
Two chiefs, [64].
Written contract, [64].
Salt, [139], [143], [249].
Salutation, [29], [126], [127].
Scarlet cap, [40].
Sceptics, [9], [10], [11], [15], [177].
Scotland (see Aberdeen, Alloa, Auldearne, Borrowstowness, Bute, Byrehill, Crighton, Crook of Devon, Dalkeith, Dirlton, Dumfries-shire, Dumfermline, Edinburgh, Eymouth, Forfar, Innerkip, Inverary, Inverkeithing, Irvine, Lang Niddry, Lander, Lothian, Lowdon Hill, Lyne, Newburgh, North Berwick, Orkney, Paisley, Pentland Hills, Perth, Pittenweem, Queensferry, Renfrewshire, Seaton, Strathdown, Thurso, Torryburn, Tranent).
Seaton, [98], [168].
Second in command, [32].
Secrecy, Promise of, [215].
Sermon, [30], [42], [54], [63], [67], [145], [148]-[151], [189], [190], [247].
Serpent, [163].
Sexual rites, [14], [125], [126], [149], [173]-[185], [242], [249].
Shaving, [246].
Sheep, Devil as a, [70], [127], [182], [247].
Shellie (see Suffolk).
Sieve, [147], [167].
Sieve and shears, [114].
Silken habiliment, [36], [145].
Silvain Nevillon, Trial of, [246]-[249].
Simon, [185].
Singing, [38], [114], [138], [146], [247].
Sinking ships, [51], [52], [55], [69], [115]-[117], [167], [168], [183].
Site of meetings, [106]-[109], [118]-[121].
Somerset (Wincanton, Brewham):—
Baptism, [117].
Black garments, [34], [127].
Broomsticks, [106].
Candles, [147].
Cat familiar, [221].
Cittern, [136].
Covenant, [79].
Date of meetings, [123].
Devil as a man, [34], [43], [63], [106], [126]-[127], [136], [140], [163], [208].
Dog familiar, [208].
Feast, [140].
Flying, [101].
" ointment, [101].
Grace before meat, [140].
Headgear, [43], [127].
Hedgehog familiar, [221].
Images, wax and clay, [117].
Magical words, [101], [163], [164], [167], [208].
Mark, [89].
Names of members of Coven, [254].
Number in Coven, [193].
Officer, [101], [188].
Pipes, [136].
Place of Devil at feast, [140].
" meeting, [120], [121].
Right hand, [89].
Robin, [127], [163], [208], [245].
Salutation, [126], [127].
Term of years, [81].
Voice of Devil, [43], [63], [127].
Written contract, [81].
Soul, Yielding of, [33], [46], [59], [72], [75]-[78], [81], [84], [219], [220], [226], [229], [243].
Spirits, [193], [229].
Squint-Ey'd Elf, [246].
Stag, Devil as a, [45], [70], [207], [242].
Standing stones, [37], [40], [68], [107], [108], [128], [131].
Stapenhill:—
Capital punishment, [201].
Devil as God, [30].
Dog familiar, [207], [225].
Gift of familiar, [225].
Magical ceremony, [30].
Name of familiar, [225].
Prayer, [30].
Supernumerary nipple, [91]-[92].
Stick-riding, [104]-[106].
Storm-raising, [51], [52], [54], [67], [116], [163], [167], [168].
Strathdown:—
Devil as a dog, [68].
Homage, [68].
Rowing, [147].
Sieves, [147].
Torches, [147].
Walking to the Sabbath, [99].
Straw, Burning, [145].
Substitute for the God, [160]-[161].
Succubus, [183].
Suffolk:—
Blood ceremony, [153].
Coldness of Devil, [181].
Daniel the Prophet, [34].
Devil as a man, [34], [63], [94], [153], [221].
Dog familiar, [223].
Gift of familiar, [223].
Kitten familiar, [94], [221].
Mole familiar, [223].
Prayer, [31].
Sexual rites, [181].
Supernumerary nipple, [94], [95], [221].
Voice of the Devil, [63].
Supernumerary breast, [90], [94].
" nipple, [90], [91] [92]-[96], [209], [213]-[217], [219]-[221].
Sweden:—
Antecessor, [164].
Baptism, [84].
Capital punishment, [203].
Child witches, [74], [123].
Christian priests, [84].
Cross-roads, [132], [203].
Dates of meeting, [123].
Description of Blockula, [103], [108], [119].
Devil as a man, [41], [43], [164].
" a minister, [41], [149].
Feast, [144].
Grey garments, [41], [43].
Headgear, [43].
Magical words, [164].
Marriage, [185].
Method of going to meetings, [103].
Places at meals, [144].
" of meeting, [119].
Powers of the Devil, [118].
Punishment, [199], [203].
Riding to the Sabbath, [100], [103].
Ring dance, [132].
Sacrament, [149].
Vow, [78].
Yielding of the soul, [78].
Sympathetic magic, [158], [159].
Taboo on salt, [139], [143], [249].
Tambourine, [137].
Tattooing, [87].
Term of years, Contract for, [75], [80]-[82].
Theodore, Archbishop of Canterbury, [21].
Thirteen in Coven, [191]-[194].
Thorn Reid, [35], [42], [44], [191], [195], [240].
Threats against traitor, [29], [201]-[203].
Thurso:—
Devil as a man, [40], [208].
Divination by a cloud, [208].
" a hen, [208].
" a horse, [208].
Riding Devil, [208].
Toad familiar, [71], [210]-[212], [221], [222], [225], [248], [249].
Toads, Poisoning by, [53].
Torches, [113], [146], [147].
Torryburn:—
Coldness of Devil, [65].
Headgear, [43], [147].
Light, [147].
Tranent:—
Names of tunes, [136].
Piper, [136], [189].
Transference of labour pains, [170].
Transformation, [10], [116], [166], [230]-[237].
Tree-riding, [134].
Trial of Alice Kyteler, [23].
" North Berwick witches, [50]-[59].
" Silvain Nevillon, [246]-[249].
Trump, [55], [110], [133], [136], [245].
Trumpets, [137].
Two chiefs, [32], [35], [38], [63], [64], [83], [228].
Two-faced God, [10], [62], [69], [129], [247].
Unbaptized children, [156].
Urine, [148], [248].
Use of domestic familiars, [214]-[220], [223], [224].
" of words God and Devil, [31].
Violins, [137], [138].
Voice of the Devil, [43], [61]-[63], [127], [247].
Voluntary converts, [70], [71], [79].
Vosges, [112].
Vows, [78], [125].
Wafer of rye, [148].
" of sacramental bread, [148].
Walking to the Sabbath, [97]-[99], [247].
Walliman, [30], [195].
Walloons, [82], [135].
Walpurgis Nacht, [109], [134].
Water, Ordeal by, [17].
Wax image, [51], [53]-[55], [116], [117].
Weasel familiar, [212], [241].
Weir, Major, [50], [161].
White garments, [35], [36], [40], [41], [43], [45], [195].
" hackneys, [45], [242].
" wand, [35], [57].
Widdershins, [124], [135].
William Simpson, [35], [48], [195].
Wincanton (see Somerset).
Windsor:—
Cat familiar, [210].
Change of shape, [47], [69].
Devil as an ape, [47], [69].
" a horse, [47], [69].
Feeding of familiars, [210], [211].
Gille, [210].
Ginnie, [210].
Kitten familiar, [210].
Officer, [189].
Philip, [211].
Place of meeting, [119].
Rat familiar, [211].
Toad familiar, [210].
Wine puncheons, [113], [140], [241].
" representing blood, [149].
Witch of Endor, [9].
" mass, [150].
Witches professing Christianity, [49].
Wooden goblets, [143].
Wooler (see Northumberland).
Word of God, [9].
Worship, [29], [68].
Wrecking a bridge, [117], [196].
Written contracts, [64], [79]-[81].
" reports, [186].
Yarmouth:—
Devil as a man, [33], [88].
Mark, [88].
Yellow bird, [213].
" clothes, [229], [232].
Yielding the soul, [33], [46], [59], [72], [75]-[78], [81], [219], [220], [226], [229], [243].
Yorkshire:—
Bird familiar, [213].
Cloven feet, [29], [34].
Coloured wart, [94].
Devil as a man, [29], [34].
Devil's horse, [29].
Fairy hill, [243].
" Queen, [244].
Instruction by fairies, [244].
Kneeling to the Devil, [29].
Local anaesthesia, [94].
Magical words, [244].
Supernumerary nipple, [93]-[94].
Worship, [29].
Yule, [109], [111], [120], [123].