Grace said the child died the next night and after its burial at Samlesbury Church , Ellen and Jennet dug up the body and took it home . The women then cooked and ate some of it and used the rest to make an ointment that let them change themselves into other shapes . Grace claimed that the child died the following night , and that after its burial at Samlesbury Church Ellen and Jennet dug up the body and took it home , where they cooked and ate some of it and used the rest to make an ointment that enabled them to change themselves into other shapes .