Ogg,Margaret
Case Reference: C/EGD/1825
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/1825 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Margaret Ogg |
| Case Start Date | 28/2/1650 |
| Case Date | 12/3/1650 |
| Common Name | Ogg,Margaret |
|---|
Characterization
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Appears to have prayed to God and Our Lady, three times, to help labour pains.
Religious Motifs
- Prayer
- Three
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: Appears to have been accused of transferring labour pains (travailling) to another woman, who then took ill.
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Cheyne | Mr | Investigator | Ruling elder |
| Alexander Erskine | Laird of Pittodrie | Investigator | Ruling elder |
| John Gellie | Mr the younger | Investigator | ?ordinary elder |
| George Mill | Mr | Investigator | ?ordinary elder |
| James Ogilvie | Investigator | Ruling elder | |
| Arthur Orr | Mr | Investigator | ?ordinary elder |
| Alexander Ross | Mr | Investigator | |
| Alexander Strachan | Mr | Investigator | ?ordinary elder |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Garioch Presbytery records | CH2/166/1. | Davidson 'Inverurie and the Earldom of Garioch' Edinburgh, 1878, pp. 306-307. The project did not check this secondary reference. No pagination - use dates. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1257 | No |