Reauch,Margret
Case Reference: C/JO/3093
Case Summary
| Case Ref | C/JO/3093 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Margret Reauch |
| Case Start Date | 6/4/1597 |
| Case Date | 17/4/1597 |
| Common Name | Reauch,Margret |
|---|
Characterisation
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Demonic | — | ✓ |
| Maleficium | ✓ | ✓ |
| Other | — | ✓ |
| White Magic | — | ✓ |
Other details: sexual misconduct
Notes: Seems to also have been in trouble for sexual misconduct and had been excommunicated in the past.
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Seen hugging the corners of a man's house at dawn. He later took ill and died. Prophesied that a man who had taken on a property would lose it all. Seen to have thrown stones in water, which then appeared to dance. No details about what they were for. Seen to turn the bowl of her shears 3 times in the mouth of her sheep.
Ritual Objects
- Stones
- Water
- Shears
Religious Motifs
- Three
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 causing a man's illness and death. She was seen hugging the corners of his house at dawn. Seen to have metted a sheep, the threw water between her feet and into the sheep's face. The sheep died.
Property Damage Types
- Whole Estate
White Magic
- Prophesy
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Gordon | Confession Witness | ||
| Patrick Gordon | Confession Witness | ||
| Thomas Leslie | Mr | Commissioner | |
| John Ross | Mr | Investigator | |
| Alexander Rutherford | Commissioner |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Spalding Club Miscellany | Vol I, p 184-6, 191-2. | Order to be apprehended. Notes recorded by minister Mr John Ross. |
| Aberdeen City Archives | Press 18/64, Witchcraft no. 3. |
Trials (1)
| Trial Ref | Date | Year | Verdict | Sentence | Execution |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T/JO/1509 | No |