Abernethy,Margaret
Case Reference: C/EGD/1727
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/1727 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Margaret Abernethy |
| Case Start Date | 15/7/1669 |
| Case Date | 15/7/1669 |
| Common Name | Abernethy,Margaret |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Refused Charity | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: Another trial (e/egd/584) described her as a poor woman who begged for alms.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: She was accused of providing raw enchanted flesh so that Geillis Burnet could kill her husband. She was supposedly paid a six pence and a pint of ale.
Ritual Objects
- Flesh
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 | — |
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Preston | Mr of Haltrees | Commissioner | paid merks per day |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| RPC | 3rd series, vol 3, p 45, 631. | Records commission. P. 631 note that Mr Robert Preston is to be paid 10 merks per day for the time he was away from his own house. |
| Circuit Court Books | JC10/2 fo. 15v-18r |