Og,Margrat
Case Reference: C/EGD/2154
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2154 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Margrat Og |
| Case Start Date | 4/4/1597 |
| Case Date | 24/4/1597 |
| Age at Case | 37 |
| Common Name | Og,Margrat |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | ✓ | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | — | ✓ |
| White Magic | — | ✓ |
Notes: Found guilty on six points of the dittay, including the ones about carrying out ritual acts of protection and causing illness.
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | Yes |
| Singing | No |
Notes: Margart Bane claimed that Og had attended meetings with other witches and the devil her master. It was also claimed that Og's daughters were with her at the meetings, but none of this was confessed by Og. Details were included in the dittay against Og. They all danced around a grey stone.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| Craigleauch | No |
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Accused of going to the burn of Bogloch on the first Monday of the quarter and taking some of the water and casting it over her shoulder. Also accused of collecting the dew off the grass with a blanket at the same time. This was testified by the minister as being a ceremony associated with witchcraft. Accused of cutting her heidleas (ribbon) into 9 pieces and burying them under the barn door of a neighbour. Accused of passing a knife 3 times over a cow while it was being bulled ?to ensure fertility. Laid a new calf on a piece of turf to met/measure it.
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Green
Ritual Objects
- Ribbon
- Turf
- Water
- Knife
Religious Motifs
- Nine
- Pilgrimage
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 the death of animals by burying a ribbon cut into 9 under the barn door. Accused of causing illness after dispute about debt. Also of bewitching ?poisoning with some mutton. Refused some thread, blew in woman's face who took ill
Property Damage Types
- Animals
White Magic
- Protective
- Debt
- Grudge
- Halloween
- Quarter day
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Irving | Chancellor | ||
| Thomas Leslie | Mr | Sheriff-depute | |
| John Leslie | of Balquhan | Sheriff-depute | |
| John Ross | Mr | Investigator | |
| Alexander Rutherford | Prosecutor |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol I, pp. 142-5, 153-6. | |
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol V, p 67. | financial accounts of her execution |