Morisone,Jonet
Case Reference: C/JO/3248
| Case Ref | C/JO/3248 |
|---|---|
| Accused | Jonet Morisone |
| Case Start Date | 15/1/1662 |
| Case Date | 5/2/1662 |
| Common Name | Morisone,Jonet |
|---|
| Type | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | — | ✓ |
| Demonic | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fairies | — | ✓ |
| Folk Healing | — | ✓ |
| Implicated by Another | — | ✓ |
Notes: Although she reported a lot about malefice she did not claim that she was involved. Only confessed to demonic features and healing. Margret McLevine claimed that Morisone had been involved in the intended harm of the minister John Stewart and the provost John Glass - ?was their some local political thing going on.
| Devil Present | Yes |
|---|---|
| Communal Sex | No |
| Devil Worship | No |
| Food and Drink | No |
| Dancing | No |
| Singing | No |
Notes: On one occasion she met a great number of people and one of them came to her in white or as a naked man with a black head. Claimed she saw the devil in the company of other people, whom she named. They gathered in a ring, the devil came and conveyed her to the Loaning.
Meeting Places
| Place | Location | Inversion |
|---|---|---|
| Knockanrioch | No | |
| Bute quay | No |
She met a black rough man at night who promised to make her a 'Lady' with a grand castle. She refused at first then agreed to meet him after he grabbed her hand. She knew he was the devil. He told her he would free her from poverty and he would teach her how to bring home Adam Ker. Said she was to be taken to Knockane. At night she heard a voice which told her to go and buy ale (her husband slept through it). She claimed the voice said he was Adam Ker and he wanted in - she refused. A voice spoke to her one time and told her to drown herself.
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Want nothing | property and wealth |
| Paction | |
| Servant | |
| Anti-baptism | |
| New name | Margarat |
Devil Appearances
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Male | black rough fierce man |
| Male | with a white 'midell' |
| Male | naked with black head |
| Ghost | spirit of Adam Ker |
| Male | called Klareanough |
| Elphane/Fairyland | — |
|---|---|
| Food/Drink | — |
| Verbal Formulae | — |
| Ritual Acts | ✓ |
| Familiars | — |
| Shape Changing | — |
|---|---|
| Dreams/Visions | — |
| Unorthodox Religious Practice | ✓ |
| Sympathetic Magic | — |
| Riding Dead | — |
Notes: Used herbs to heal. Said the devil told her the fairies took John Glas's child's life, and that they intended to take Glas's life as well. Said that an illness was caused by the fairies - 'blasted by the fairies'. Asked what the difference was between shooting (elfshot) and blasting. Said there was no cure for shot and that blasting was a whirlwind that the fairies raised about their victim but that it could be healed with herbs or charms.
Elf/Fairy Elements
- Group of fairies
Ritual Objects
- Herb
- Butter
- Curch
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: Used herbs to heal. Said the devil told her to kill animals and humans in order to restore health to another person or bring someone back from the dead. She said she refused. Asked to heal a cow - took off her curch and hit the cow 3 times with it.
Other Maleficia Notes: Claimed that other witches caused a lot of damage to property - lot of detail about what they did but she does not say that she was involved.
| Name | Title | Involvement | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ninian Bannatyne | younger of Kames | Investigator | |
| Robert Beith | Investigator | ||
| Archibald Beith | Mr | Investigator | |
| William Campbell | Major | Investigator | |
| William Gillespie | Investigator | ||
| Archibald Glass | Investigator | ||
| John Glass | Investigator | ||
| Peter Gray | Investigator | ||
| John Gray | Investigator | ||
| John Kelburn | elder | Investigator | |
| John Kelburn | younger | Investigator | |
| Ninian Ker | Investigator | ||
| Duncan MacAlister | Investigator | ||
| Neill MacNeill | Investigator | ||
| James MacNiven | Investigator | ||
| Alister MacTyre | Investigator | ||
| John Stewart | Mr | Investigator | |
| Colin Stewart | Investigator | ||
| Archibald Stewart | Investigator | ||
| Walter Stewart | Investigator | ||
| James Stewart | Mr | Investigator | |
| James Stewart Adamson | Investigator |
| Source | Reference | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Highland Papers | Vol III, p 20-28. |