Paisley's Enchanted Threads

The Renfrewshire Witch Hunt of 1697

• About False

  •     Acknowledgments

    • Susan Arbuckle

    • Caroline McCaig False

    • Kevin Stewart Cantwell

• The Story

  •     The People

    • The Victims

      • Margaret Lang

      • John Lindsay

      • James Lindsay

      • Agnes Naismith

      • Katherine Campbell

      • Margaret Fulton

      • John Lindsay in Barloch

      • John Reid

    • The Confessants

      • Elizabeth Anderson

      • Thomas Lindsay

      • James Lindsay

      • Janet Roger

      • Margaret Roger

    • Witness and Judgement

      • The Commission

      • John and Christine Shaw

      • Doctor Matthew Brisbane

      • Christian Shaw

      • Bargarran servants

    • Local clergy

      • Religion in 1697 Renfrewshire

      • Andrew Turner

      • Patrick Simson

      • James Brisbane

      • James Hutchison

      • David Brown

  •     The Places

    • Bargarran House

    • Gallow Green

    • The Tollbooth

    • Maxwellton Cross

  •     The Events False

    • Christian Shaw's torment False

    • Murder of a Minister False

    • Deaths of local children False

    • Capsizing a ferry False

    • Execution and disposal False

    • Meeting with the devil False

    • Promises from beyond the grave False

• Oral Testimony False

  •     Witches

    • Memories of Paisley witches

    • Memories and thoughts on the witches

    • Witches as healers

    • Witches as outsiders

  •     Legends

    • Poetry and legends

    • The curse and Paisley

    • Removing the horseshoe

    • The witches' curse

    • Thoughts on the horseshoe

  •     Judgement and Punishment

    • Considering those who judged

    • The pressure of decision

    • Spitting feathers and a hole in the wall

    • Community Perceptions

    • Thoughts on judgement

    • Judging the past from the present

    • Punishment and legend

    • Thoughts on the punishment

  •     Christian Shaw

    • Was Christian Shaw fully aware of her actions?

    • What did Christian Shaw look like?

    • Christian Shaw and the story of 1697

    • Brief thought on Christian Shaw

  •     The Devil

    • The place of the devil in 1697

    • Thinking about the devil

    • Folk beliefs in the devil

• Schools False

  •     Schools Oral Testimony False

    • Danielle from Dumbarton Academy

    • Eilidh from Dumbarton Academy

    • Katie from Dumbarton Academy

    • Sam from Dumbarton Academy

    • Anna from Johnstone High School

    • Charlotte from Johnstone High School

    • Eilidh from Johnstone High School

    • Holly from Johnstone High School

    • Jenna from Johnstone High School

    • Kirstin from Johnstone High School

    • Lauren from Johnstone High School

    • Lily from Johnstone High School

    • Melanie from Johnstone High School

    • Mr Duncan Fenwick from Johnstone High School

    • Olivia from Johnstone High School

    • Group Interview - Andrew, Keiran, Andrew, and Sam, Park Mains High School

    • Group Interview - April, Lucy, Katy, and Louisa - Park Mains High School

    • Group Interview - Bethany, Amy, and Leana - Park Mains High School

    • Group Interview - Emily, Zara, and Emily - Park Mains High School

    • Group Interview - Keiran, William, Amy, and Beth - Park Mains High School

    • Group Interview - Matthew, Robert, and Callum - Park Mains High School

  •     Schools Video False

• Artist Impressions

• News

  •     Call for Volunteers

  •     Christian Shaw's Death

  •     Christian Shaw in Edinburgh

  •     Christian Shaw's Signature Discovered

  •     Call for Respondents

  •     Attention Artists

  •     Recruiting Volunteers

  •     Where are we now

  •     Lottery Funding

• Events False

  •     Reminiscence Event May 2014

  •     Reminiscence Event July 2014

  •     Volunteer Training July 2014

  •     Children's Day August 2014

  •     Students take the story to the community

  •     Halloween 2014

  •     Local students engage with the story of 1697

  •     Project Launch February 2015

• Enchanted Threads

  •     Beyond Bargarran

  •     New Threads

  •     Life and Death

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