Cockie,Isobel
Case Reference: C/EGD/2119
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2119 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Isobel Cockie |
| Case Start Date | 2/2/1597 |
| Case Date | 19/2/1597 |
| Age at Case | 65 |
| Common Name | Cockie,Isobel |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | ✓ | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | — | ✓ |
| White Magic | — | ✓ |
Notes: Numerous accusations, most about malefice after disputes, but also named by Janet Wischart and Helen Makkie. Was also getting paid for healing.
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Accused of casting 'cantryps' between a victim's doors after which he took ill. Accused of having left a many coloured cloth at a neighbour's house. When she burnt it (fearing it was witchcraft) the fire cracked and they thought the house would fall. Said to one man 'I shall gar thee forthinkit that thow hev territ my howss, I being fra ham' - he then took ill. Met at twelve midnight. Gave a man a drink of herbs, butter and saifroun (saffron?), which he was to drink 3 times. Also wrapped a knotted green thread about his body and oxsters, then put it in the fire. Another thread was left round his waist and if it broke or not to put it in the fire. Told a woman to go to south running water to wash him. She was paid 20 shillings and half a firlot of meal for this.
Elf/Fairy Elements
- 12:00
- Green
Ritual Objects
- Cloth
- Thread
- Herb
- Fire
- Water
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: Accused of causing a neighbour's milk to fail to churn. Accused of casting an illnes onto a neighbour after he and her husband fell out over the ownership of a house. Gave a man a drink with herbs, butter and saffron and a knotted green thread
Other Maleficia Notes: Ruined milk products. Spoiled a mill. Caused a neighbour to be ruined and spoiled another's crops.
Property Damage Types
- Dairy
- Mill
- Whole Estate
- Crops
White Magic
- Prophesy
- Fastings eve
- Halloween
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Unspecified | mouth instrument |
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Jaffry | Prosecutor | baillie of Aberdeen | |
| Alexander Rutherford | Prosecutor | provost of Aberdeen |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol I, pp. 84, 111-116. | |
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol V, p 65. | Lists of expenses for execution. |
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol I, preface, p. 52. |