Ogg,Margaret

Case Reference: C/EGD/1825

Case Summary
Case RefC/EGD/1825
AccusedMargaret Ogg
Case Start Date28/2/1650
Case Date12/3/1650
Common NameOgg,Margaret
Characterization
TypePrimarySecondary
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.

NameTitleInvolvementNotes
Robert Cheyne MrInvestigatorRuling elder
Alexander Erskine Laird of PittodrieInvestigatorRuling elder
John Gellie Mr the youngerInvestigator?ordinary elder
George Mill MrInvestigator?ordinary elder
James Ogilvie InvestigatorRuling elder
Arthur Orr MrInvestigator?ordinary elder
Alexander Ross MrInvestigator
Alexander Strachan MrInvestigator?ordinary elder

SourceReferenceNotes
Garioch Presbytery recordsCH2/166/1.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 RefDateYearVerdictSentenceExecution
T/JO/1257 No