Oige,Issobell
Case Reference: C/EGD/2162
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2162 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Issobell Oige |
| Case Start Date | 1597 |
| Case Date | 24/4/1597 |
| Common Name | Oige,Issobell |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Other | ✓ | ✓ |
| White Magic | — | ✓ |
Other details: Not known
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | Yes |
| Singing | No |
Notes: meeting the same as the others in this group. Margaret Bane appears to have given this information rather than the individuals themselves. They all danced around a grey stone.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | Hill of Cragleuche | No |
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Kisses Devil's bottom |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Animal Devil | as beast |
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Accused of being able to cause storms by hanging a beetle from a thread and whispering words to it. Also accused of using special green thread to bewitch cloth so that it would sell at market. 2 other women had a share in the cloth and Oige promised them that it would get a good price at market. The women asked her how she knew and she then enchanted the cloth with the green thread, which had been used in a winding sheet. The cloth was sold at the market when other people's cloth was not.
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Green
Ritual Objects
- Thread
- Beetle
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 | ✓ |
Other Maleficia Notes: Accused of being able to cause the wind to blow loud and quiet as she desired, using a beetle.
Weather Modification Types
- Storm
- Halloween
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Unspecified |
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Irving | Chancellor | ||
| John Leslie | of Balquhan | Sheriff-depute | |
| Thomas Leslie | Mr | ||
| Alexander Rutherford | Prosecutor | ||
| John Straughan | Mr | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol I, pp. 151-2, 153-6, 192-3. |
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1315 | 24/4/1597 | 1597 | Guilty | Execution | Yes |