Watsoun,Margaret
Case Reference: C/EGD/1308
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/1308 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Margaret Watsoun |
| Case Start Date | 29/9/1644 |
| Case Date | 31/12/1644 |
| Common Name | Watsoun,Margaret |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | Yes |
| Dancing | Yes |
| Singing | No |
Notes: Night flying to the meetings: she supposedly rode on a botell of straw (a bundle of straw). She was supposedly also possessed by the Devil.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| Kirk | High kirk of Lanark | No |
| Kirk | kirk of Carnwath | No |
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Sex | he gripped her papy first |
| Anti-baptism | |
| Body and soul |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Male | black man |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | ✓ |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Thorn Tree
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 | — |
- Envy
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Birnie | Mr | Investigator | |
| James Cuningham | of Bonitown | Commissioner | |
| John Dalyell | Sir of Newton | Commissioner | |
| James Douglas | mr | Investigator | |
| James Hunter | Mr | Investigator | |
| John Lockhart | Mr of Heids | Commissioner | |
| James Lockhart | Sir Elder of Lee | Commissioner |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | 2nd S, v8 pp. 146-154 |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/1079 | 31/12/1644 | 1644 | Guilty | No |