There are no names, so the women were never apprehended. The paper uses the case as an example of an accusation that seems based in fantasy rather than in any harm done. It is a record that people were talking about the sight, not a report of anyone seeing it first hand.
Witchcraft
The Women Who Walked on the Tay, 1631
River Tay at Perth
April 1631
- Evidence
- Contemporary written record
- Access
- Access unrecorded
- Location
- 56.396, -3.430 (Parish-level only, treat as an area)
Sources: Hallyburton and Gordon, 'Feart Maidens': the witches of Perthshire, Tayside and Fife Archaeological Journal 27 [other]
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