Edge Of Never

Behind The Song:

The song is an exploration of what Issobell Kelloch might have experienced the night before she was imprisoned and tortured for being a witch. The song focuses on the thoughts and questions she might have been thinking about, the repercussions of what this accusation would do to her life.

Issobell Kelloch was a folk healer, likely a widow and a mother to two sons. She was known in Dalgety Bay and Aberdour for her healing abilities, and she likely taught her daughter-in-law, Grissell Anderson, one of the Toryburn seven, folk healing, which may have led to her own accusations of witchcraft. Issobell Kelloch was likely a very clever woman; she would have known what these accusations meant and the likelihood of them being her death sentence.

This song was written to memorialise Issobell Kelloch and the fear that must have been felt when being accused of witchcraft.