Moore,Margaret

Case Reference: C/EGD/2401

Case Summary
Case RefC/EGD/2401
AccusedMargaret Moore
Case Start Date24/6/1649
Case Date9/9/1649
Common NameMoore,Margaret
Characterization
TypePrimarySecondary
Consulting
Not Enough Info
White Magic

Elphane/Fairyland
Food/Drink
Verbal Formulae
Ritual Acts
Familiars
Shape Changing
Dreams/Visions
Unorthodox Religious Practice
Sympathetic Magic
Riding Dead

Notes: This involved a group of people who had all been turning the riddle - sieve - for fortune telling. The kirk session investigated, referred it to presbytery but did not imply that it was witchcraft.

Ritual Objects
  • Sieve

SourceReferenceNotes
Kingarth Kirk Session recordsCH2/219/1, ff 12-14.See also H Paton 'Kingarth Parish Records' Edinburgh, 1932, pp. 12, 13 & 15. The project did not check Larner's reference to this printed secondary source as part of the research.
Trials (1)
Trial RefDateYearVerdictSentenceExecution
T/JO/1636 No