Leisk,Jonat
Case Reference: C/EGD/2174
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2174 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Jonat Leisk |
| Case Start Date | 21/11/1507 |
| Case Date | 21/11/1597 |
| Age at Case | 55 |
| Common Name | Leisk,Jonat |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | — | ✓ |
| Property Motive | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: One of her alleged victims had obtained a tack of land that her son occupied. Appears to have been confronted by Andro Man, who identified her as a witch. This also appears to have been a dispute among different families as the charges were dropped, the pursuers were banned from taking the case further but also the accused families were not to cause the Crukshanks any trouble.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: She cursed one of her victims before the Ruidday. Plucked 3 goose feathers from her sister's geese and blew them off her hand - geese immediately died. Claimed that she took a slaughtered cockerel and fire from her old house to her new tack at Furde of Fortrie, which was claimed to be 2 special points of witchcraft. Accused of tying red thread to the tails of her cows. Accused of using a wax picture to harm one of her victims, who sweated and burned in a fever and could not quench his thirst.
Ritual Objects
- Feathers
- Fire
- Cockerel
- Thread
- Wax/clay images
Religious Motifs
- 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: Flyted with her sister after sheep had ruined her linen, which was being bleached. Accused by one of her son-in-laws of causing his impotence.
- Revenge
- Ruidday
- Whitsunday
- Murder
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Chalmer | Prosecutor | ||
| George Cruickshank | Complainer | ||
| Patrick Cruickshank | Complainer | ||
| Thomas Leslie | Mr | Sheriff-depute | |
| Patrick Leysk | Defence | ||
| Alexander Leysk | Defence |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol I, pp. 135-137, 138-140. | Second entry records that she was 'clenged' (cleansed) of the charges. |