NcNicol,Issobell
Case Reference: C/EGD/1527
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/1527 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Issobell NcNicol |
| Case Start Date | 21/1/1662 |
| Case Date | 21/2/1662 |
| Common Name | NcNicol,Issobell |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | ✓ | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
Notes: Met the devil in her own house when she was brewing aqua vita. Also met him with others.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| House | own house | No |
| Cregandow or Bute quay | No |
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Servant | |
| Want nothing | |
| Anti-baptism | |
| New name | Caterine |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Male | young man |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
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: Witnessed claimed that NcNicol threatened harm after she had been insulted - a man had put a paper on her face. His children died after their faces had turned black.
- Social slight
- All Saints Day
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan Mconlea | Investigator | ||
| John Stewart | Mr | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Highland Papers | Vol III, p 12, 28-29. | Also named in another person's confession. |