The story is a version of image magic, the same idea that appears in the clay figures of the Lady Fowlis case, where a likeness was injured to harm the person. The source is a short summary of local folklore on the Ross and Cromarty Heritage site. It gives no name, no date and no teller.
Witchcraft
The Rosemarkie Witch and Her Clay Image
Rosemarkie, Black Isle
Traditional
- Evidence
- Long-standing local tradition
- Access
- Access unrecorded
- Location
- 57.594, -4.125 (Sited to the village)
Sources: Ross and Cromarty Heritage, Rosemarkie: A Village History (1966) [other]; Ross and Cromarty Heritage, Fortrose and Rosemarkie Churches [other]
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