The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft

1563-1736

By Julian Goodare, Lauren Martin, Joyce Miller and Louise Yeoman, January 2003

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Case Details

C/EGD/2269 Marioun Grig

name of accused
Marioun Grig
designated title
no information
Accused Reference
A/EGD/2205
Case date start
19/7/1638
Given case date
no information
Case commission
no information
case complaint
no information
case correspondence
no information
case chronicle
no information
other details
no information

characterisation

  • unorthodox religious practise (secondary characteristic)
  • maleficium (secondary characteristic)
  • neighbourhood dispute (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (secondary characteristic)
  • not enough information (primary characteristic)
Characterisation Notes
Neighbourhood dispute included as she was blamed for causing misfortune to households after they refused to pay her money.

Qualitative information

Non-natural beings

Notes
None
  • no information

Demonic pacts

  • no information

witches meetings

Notes
None

Meeting places

  • no information

musical instruments

  • no information

Folk culture

  • Specific Verbal Formulae
  • Specific ritual acts
  • Unorthodox religious practice
Notes
MG was believed to have cursed a couple of households after they refused to pay her money. After suffering ailments MG was requested to restore their health three times. On one occasion she used a cloth to wipe the face of the man who was in pain.

Counter strategies

  • Appeasement

white magic

  • no information

Elf/fairy elements

  • no information

Shape-changing

  • no information

Ritual objects

  • Cloth

Religious motif

  • Three

Calendar customs

  • no information

Diseases or illness

  • Human illness
  • Laying on
  • Quarreling
  • Cursing
  • Healing humans
Notes
Witnesses reported that they owed MG money but that they refused to pay her. As a result they suffered physical ailments. MG would then be requested to heal them for 'God's sake' three times. In one case the money was paid.

Cause of witch's malice

  • Debt

Other maleficia

Damage to property

  • no information

weather modification

  • no information

Notes
None

Other charges

  • no information

Notes
None

Plea

Claimed bewitched
no
Claimed possessed
no
Admitted lesser charges
no
No defence
no
Claimed natural causes
no
Notes
None
Case Notes
None
references
name notes
Kirkcaldy Presbytery records CH2/224/1, f115v, 116r, 117r PRES.BK. KIRK. p. 131