Dicksone,Margaret
Case Reference: C/EGD/1323
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/1323 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Margaret Dicksone |
| Case Start Date | 8/6/1649 |
| Case Date | 2/7/1649 |
| Age at Case | 35 |
| Common Name | Dicksone,Margaret |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
Notes: Named by other witch but confessed to demonic pact and named others.
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | Yes |
| Singing | No |
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| Dean bank head | Nisbot | No |
| Moor | No | |
| Moor | Gladsmuir | No |
| House | Nisbot | No |
She asked the devil for 'her reward' which he had promised. He refused and said she would it get when the others got theirs.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Anti-baptism | |
| Servant | |
| New name | Margaret |
| Devil's Mark | nip under right arm |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Male | man wearing green clothes |
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Green
Ritual Objects
- Water
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: Confessed that Issobell Johnstone had come to her to ask advice about curing her child using south running water. Dickson asked the 'devil' about this and he advised her in its us.
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Ayton | Commissioner | ||
| William Baillie | Laird of Lamington | Commissioner | |
| John Baillie | Investigator | ||
| John Cockburn | Mr of Clerkington | Commissioner | |
| John Eastone | Investigator | ||
| Thomas Foulis | Investigator | ||
| Patrick Inglis | of Elvingston | Commissioner | |
| Robert Ker | Mr | Investigator | |
| Patrick Young | Commissioner |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | 2nd series, viii, pp. 191-2. | Details in RPC of suspect's confession. No information about trial or commission. |
| Haddington Presbytery records | CH2/185/6, p. 50. | Note in records that her confession had been attested. |
| APS | Vol 6, part 2, p 732-3. | |
| RPC | 2nd S, v8 pp. 193-4 |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/95 | No |