Dicksone,Margaret
Case Reference: C/JO/2632
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/JO/2632 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Margaret Dicksone |
| Case Start Date | 19/4/1643 |
| Case Date | 25/4/1643 |
| Common Name | Dicksone,Margaret |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | — | ✓ |
Notes: Folk healing as primary as details all indicate that accused was a healer or charmer. The church minutes record her accusation as witchcraft but there are no mentions of demonic pact or other features.
| Elphane/Fairyland | ✓ |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | ✓ |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — |
| Sympathetic Magic | ✓ |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Used eggs and meal to cure a changeling child. In another incident used fire also to identify changeling who was 'ane hundred years old'.
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Changeling
Ritual Objects
- Yarn
- Egg
- Meal
- Shirt
- Water
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 having said verbal curse against victim after he was angry about her daughter taking some of his wood. She also confessed to having received sixpence from Issobell Johnstone, one of the witnesses, in payment for her advice.
Property Damage Types
- Animals
- Charming
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Calderwood | Mr | Investigator | representative from Pencaitlan session at presbytery meeting. |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Haddington Presbytery records | CH2/185/5 | There is a later note about a Margaret Dickson from Feb 1648. It is not clear if this is the same one but the minutes record that this Dickson, from Surro?, has made repentence for her misdemeanour but still has more to do. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/2 | No |