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1. A County Cork Witch (continued)

   

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   and half drowned in milk, the form of Sarah Kennedy.
   "Sarah," said he at length, I have long admonished you to repent of your evil ways, but you were deaf to my entreaties.
   "Oh, father, father," can you do nothing to save me? I am lost. hell is open for me, and legions of devils surround me this moment, waiting to carry my soul to perditions." The priest had no power to reply the old wretch's pains increased; her body swelled to an immense size; her eyes flashed as if on fire her face was black as night, her entire form writhered in thousand different contortions; her outcries were appalling, her face sunk, her eyes closed, and in a few minutes she expired in the most exquisite tortures.
   The priest departed homewards, and called at the next cabin to give notice. She had no relations in that country but one daughter., She kept one cow, but sold more butter, it is said than any farmer in the Parish. She professed the Roman Catholic religion but never went to Mass, and her remains were buried in a sand pit near her own cabin. On the evening of her burial the people burned her cabin to the earth. Her daughter made her escape, and never returned.

   

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridie Kennedy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lissacaha, Co. Cork