Duncan,Gelie
Case Reference: C/EGD/110
| Case Ref | C/EGD/110 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Gelie Duncan |
| Case Start Date | 27/1/1591 |
| Case Date | 8/5/1591 |
| Common Name | Duncan,Gelie |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Treason | ✓ | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | — | ✓ |
Notes: Part of the North Berwick witch hunt. It involved many people and many accustions about witches meetings, specifically two separate attempts to sink the royal ships. The first to sink Queen Anne on her way home, second to trouble King James after he went to get her in Denmark. We have her confessions and she denounced Bothwell.
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | Yes |
| Dancing | Yes |
| Singing | No |
Notes: She confessed to having a meeting with Agnes Sampson and others where they ate sweat meats, roasted fowl and drank by the sea. She was described as dancing and playing the trump for the rest of the gathering. part of the planning of the conspiracy to sink Queen Anne's ships on the way from Denmark. See Agnes Sampson's case for description of North Berwick meeting (c/egd/63). See napier (c/egd/103) for description of preparation for North Berwick. See also Napier (c/egd/103) for more details about the North Berwick meeting. She said they were paid gold, silver and victual for Sampson and her children. She confessed about the destroying of a ship and taking all the wealth, they were 'crabit' because Grierson got all the 'wrake'.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| Kirk | North Berwick | Yes |
| Salt pans | near the pannes | No |
| House | wobster's house | No |
| Foulstruther | No | |
| House | Beigis Tod's house | No |
| Shore | Aitchisoune's heavin btw Musselburgh and pannes | No |
| The Ship | No |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Detailed ritual with four joints tied to the feet of a cat and cast into the sea to raise a wind. She handled the cloth and clay pictures.
Ritual Objects
- Cat
- Corpse
- Corpse powder
- Wax/clay images
- Snake skin
- Urine (stale)
- Toad
Religious Motifs
- Prayer
- Baptising animals
Harm
| Human Illness | — |
|---|---|
| Human Death | — |
| Animal Illness | ✓ |
| Animal Death | — |
| Female Infertility | — |
| Male Impotence | — |
Methods
| Aggravating Disease | — |
|---|---|
| Transferring Disease | ✓ |
| Laying On | — |
| Quarreling | — |
| Cursing | — |
| Poisoning | — |
Healing / Other
| Removal of Bewitchment | — |
|---|---|
| Recognised Healer | — |
| Healing Humans | ✓ |
| Healing Animals | — |
| Midwifery | — |
| Property Damage | ✓ |
| Weather Modification | ✓ |
Disease Notes: Transferred illness from a man to a dog.
Property Damage Types
- Boats
Weather Modification Types
- Wind
- Storm
- Halloween
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Trump |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Pitcairn | v I, part II, page 230-241 | same as JC2/2 JC26/2 |
| Books of Adjournal | JC2/2 fos. 201r-207r | |
| Pitcairn | v I, part ii, page 245-247 | |
| Pitcairn | v I, Part II, page 246 | |
| Process Notes | JC26/2 witchcraft bundle, item 19 | |
| Process Notes | JC26/2 witchcraft bundle, item 16x, 13 | interrogation |
| Process Notes | JC26/2 witchcraft bundle, item 3 |