Stories of Early Midwives and Healers accused of Witchcraft in Scotland

Fri Sep 12 2025 at 06:30 pm to 09:00 pm UTC+01:00

Pregnancy and Parents Centre | Edinburgh

Stories of Early Midwives and Healers accused of Witchcraft in Scotland
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Limited tickets at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1551004408939?aff=oddtdtcreator
Persecuted for helping others?
Following the success of this talk last October, Dr Ness McHugh has offered to do it again to benefit the PPC Crowdfunder! Great news for those who missed it last time.
This event features a documentary analysis of early midwives and nurses as reported within the Scottish Witchcraft Survey, delivered by Dr Ness McHugh of Napier University.
The Scottish witchcraft trials took place during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century where approximately 4000 people were accused of witchcraft, which was a much higher rate than elsewhere in Europe. 85% of the accused were women and the other 15% were made up of men and children.
Recently, a small research team of 2 nurses and 1 midwife (Dr McHugh herself) used the Scottish Witchcraft Survey to look at who was accused, what they were accused of and what their healing and midwifery practices were.
The talk, beginning at 7pm will describe some of their findings, and is sure to be very interesting and enlightening. This will be followed by a Q&A session.
Please arrive from 6.30pm for warm drinks. Ticket price includes tea and cake.
All proceeds benefit the PPC Crowdfunder - thanks to the kind support of Ness McHugh. https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-the-ppc
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Pregnancy and Parents Centre, 192 Pleasance, Edinburgh, EH8 9RT, United Kingdom

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