McNab,Marion
Case Reference: C/JO/3060
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/JO/3060 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Marion McNab |
| Case Start Date | 21/7/1590 |
| Case Date | 18/9/1590 |
| Common Name | McNab,Marion |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | — | ✓ |
| Neighbourhood Dispute | ✓ | ✓ |
Notes: The accusations all came from one other woman, although both accused and accuser produced lots of witnesses, and relate to something to do with giving the other woman malt to make her husband's malt improve but not sure if it worked. McNab herself later confessed to knowing how to make a cow accept a calf that did not belong to her. Characterised as neighbourhood dispute since this was the accuser's main reason.
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: Confessed that she knew how to make a cow accept another calf. Put the skin of the dead calf onto the other calf before the cow licked it. This is a common enough agricultural practice. Presbytery seem to have thought it might be witchcraft.
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Stirling Presbytery records | CH2/722/2. | No pagination. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1436 | No |