Scot,Margaret
Case Reference: C/EGD/2194
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2194 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Margaret Scot |
| Case Start Date | 12/5/1607 |
| Case Date | 18/8/1609 |
| Common Name | Scot,Margaret |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Used a spoken prayer to stem bleeding.
Religious Motifs
- Prayer
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: Questioned what she had done to stop bleeding. Scot told presbytery she only said a prayer and had used neither drinks nor charms.
- Charming
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Craig-Brown, T 'History of Selkirkshire' (Edinburgh, 1886), Vol 1, p 180. The project did not check Larner's reference to this printed secondary source as part of the research. | ||
| Selkirk Presbytery records | CH2/327/1, f40r. | This may be the same person mentioned in Craig Brown. Presbytery questioned her about her use of charms or drinks to heal. She had been accused of witchcraft by another woman. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/822 | No |