Gibb,Katherin
Case Reference: C/EGD/1813
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/1813 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Katherin Gibb |
| Case Start Date | 3/6/1649 |
| Case Date | 22/7/1649 |
| Age at Case | 45 |
| Common Name | Gibb,Katherin |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
Notes: Claimed that she and others met the devil 4 times a year.The Devil told them where and when to meet. Met him at 12 o'clock midday at the ploughing in spring time.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | Corstorphine hill | No |
| Park | No |
She claimed she was rebaptised by the Devil with water, which he carried in something like a cockle shell. Her new name was not that different from her own name. Met the Devil 20 years before, and had initially refused his advances. Claimed he promised her things but that she got nothing.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Anti-baptism | |
| Servant | |
| Sex | |
| New name | Cathrin |
| Want nothing |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Male | grim man in black clothes |
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: The devil met a group of people when they were ploughing and promised them a good crop that year.
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Meeting at 12:00
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: Asked to take an illness off one woman, which she did and transferred it to another.
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archibald Cameron | Mr | Confession Witness | |
| John Cooper | Sir of Gogar | Investigator | |
| John Yorkston | Confession Witness |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Corstorphine Kirk Session records | CH2/124/1, p 31, 32-33. | Scottish Notes and Queries, Vol 4 pp. 27-29. The project did not check this secondary reference. |