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1. The Red Witch (continued)

   

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   out of his house the man related to him all he had seen. The priest told him that the woman he saw was called the Red Witch because by her wiles she could lure into her trap anyone passing by between 12 and 1 o'clock. She could not use any of her magic charms before or after this hour and this was the reason she had not tried to tempt him when he was on his way to the priest's shack. The priest then gave him a bottle of holy water and told him to throw it around him when he saw the woman again. When they reached the same field the witch appeared again through the wall of the graveyard. She took no

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Collector

   Mary O' Connell

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Higher O'Connell Street, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mrs Stapleton

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Female