Dougall,John
Case Reference: C/EGD/745
| Case Ref | C/EGD/745 |
|---|---|
| Accused | John Dougall |
| Case Start Date | 3/6/1695 |
| Case Date | 12/3/1700 |
| Age at Case | 53 |
| Common Name | Dougall,John |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Demonic Possession | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
Notes: Was indicted with others accused of tormenting children. But he seems to be a straightforward failed healer who got caught up in the 1699 prosecutions.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Used hair as a charm to cure. The objects were used to heal. Used rowan tree belt wrapped nine times to cure ?frigidity. Used nail clippings, eye brow hair and hairs from the crown of the head and half a penny wrapped in cloth. Told witness to sow some milk in with his corn on Beltane day. Told another man to boil a stirck (young cow) and burn the rest of the bones to ashes and then bury them. Dougall said this would cure the sturdie (scrappie) disease in his beasts.
Ritual Objects
- Milk
- Money
- Nail trimmings
- Tree
- Cloth
- Hair
- Belt
Religious Motifs
- Nine
- Nine
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: He was noted as unsuccessful at healing a girl, seemed to be better at healing animals. Used charms to heal frigidity and convulsions. Hair, money and nails were left so whoever found them would get the disease and remove it from the first person.
Other Maleficia Notes: Claimed he had taught a man how to get part of another man's fishing.
Property Damage Types
- Fishing
- Beltane
- Charming
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Blackwell | Mr | Investigator | informed local sheriff about Dougall. |
| James Brisbane | Mr | Investigator | |
| John Stirling | Mr | Investigator | |
| Andrew Turner | Mr | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Books of Adjournal | JC3/1 f. 89 | |
| Paisley Presbytery records | CH2/294/4. | Pagination not in sequence, use dates. Also J. Murray, KILMALCOLM (Paisley, 1907) p. 110. |
| Circuit Court Books | JC10/4 part 3 | |
| Process Notes | JC26/81 f. 9 | dittay dated 21/4/1699 |
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/LA/1234 | 12/3/1700 | 1700 | Released | No |