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According Beigis Tod, they did rituals with a cat and named it Margaret. There were also cat rituals in Agnes Sampson's trial. (English)
Part of the North Berwick witch hunt. It involved many people and many accustions about witches meetings, specifically two separate attempts to sink the royal ships. The first to sink Queen Anne on her way home, second to trouble King James after he went to get her in Denmark. Also mentioned in the 1608 trial of Beigis Tod.The group met the Devil at Beigis' house for drinks. They cast a cat to the Devil. They met in the thorns near the iron gate of Seton and did a ritual with a cat there. Met at the dam at Londniddry. The salt pans meeting happened in 1591, part of the planning for the raising of storms to destroy Queen Anne's ships. The descriptions of the meetings were given by B. Tod, not the accused.It was claimed by others that she was involved in trying to sink the royal ships. (English)