(Q112896740)

English

witchcraft investigation of Jonat Lucas

historical event recorded in 16th-18th century Scotland

  • Case of Jonat Lucas

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Most of the dittay refers to her use of threads (coloured and cut) to cure illness or to identify the cause and predict outcome. On one occasion she used the thread and told the woman she was not bewitched nor did she have the fevers. The same woman complained that Lucas had made the walls of her house shake, and that Lucas had made the devil appear to her and her husband in the shape of four legged beasts. They claimed that Lucas had told her husband if he had any property that was not his he was to return it to their rightful owners and the Devil would stop appearing. (English)
Appears to have been implicated by Margaret Bane. The other accusations relate to her use of healing charms, and that she caused walls to shake and the devil appear in a man's sleep.Margaret Bane told the authorities that Lucas had attended meetings and had kissed the devil's arse and had sex with him in the shape of a 4-legged beast. None of it was confessed by Lucas, therefore not recorded.Bane described the meetings at the foot of the hill at Craigleuch, what occurred and where. None of it was confessed by Lucas but it was included in her dittay. (English)

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