Cumlaquoy,Mareon
Case Reference: C/EGD/2312
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/2312 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Mareon Cumlaquoy |
| Case Start Date | 4/5/1643 |
| Case Date | 5/4/1643 |
| Common Name | Cumlaquoy,Mareon |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Not Enough Info | ✓ | ✓ |
| 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 someone's house at sunrise, then went three times withershins round the fire. It was claimed this act caused a neighbour's bear (meal) to go rotten and his oats did not grow. Accused of hitting a cow three times with the skirt of her coat (?).
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Sunrise
Ritual Objects
- Fire
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: Accused of curing a cow after the owner threatened her with burning. Later another animal took sick and died.
Other Maleficia Notes: Claimed that she spoiled crops by going three times withershins around a fire and also stared at another man while he was sowing his seed.
Property Damage Types
- Crops
- Revenge
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Orkney Presbytery Records | CH2/1082/1. P 228. | See also J G Dalyell 'Darker Superstitions of Scotland' Edinburgh, 1834, pp. 8, 109, 390, 459. The project did not check this printed secondary reference as part of the research. |
| Marwick Collection | D31/4/3. | Marwick collection in Orkney Archives also notes there was/is information in Records of Orkney Sheriff Court but the primary source has not been located. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1403 | No |