McGuffock,Margaret
Case Reference: C/EGD/600
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/EGD/600 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Margaret McGuffock |
| Case Start Date | 4/1671 |
| Case Date | 1679 |
| Common Name | McGuffock,Margaret |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: This case is all about quarrels, threats and misfortune.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | — |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | ✓ |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: A boy had a nightmare that she was gripping him and he woke up on the floor in pain. She asked for someone's health on her knees and the person recovered.
Shape Changing
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| In Dream | she was gripping a boy |
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: Angry because a man killed her dog after it had killed his lambs. Went away murmering after refused fodder and straw. Dispute over the price of the produce from a croft. Quarrel and threats with the miller. Son refused a herding job.
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| High Court Process Notes | JC2/13 f.141v-142r | |
| Process Notes | JC26/50 | 1679 |
| Process Notes | JC26/38 | the dittay not dated. Also two witness statements. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/776 | No |
Case Notes
This group was first processed in 1671 and 1672. Not sure what happened to reopen things again in 1679 with the addition of Margaret Fleming.